procrastinate
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Definition of procrastinate
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(intransitive)To delay taking action; to wait until later.
“He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.”
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verb
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(intransitive)To delay taking action; to wait until later.
“He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.”
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(transitive)To put off; to delay (something).
“Hence It became manifest to the publishers of Webster, that some device must be resorted to, to induce apathy in the publick mind, and thereby procrastinate the inevitable crisis which they foresaw was approaching, the expulsion of his elementary works from our primary schools.”
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Etymology
First attested in 1548; from Latin prōcrastinātus, perfect passive participle of prōcrastinō (“defer, put off till tomorrow”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from prō- (“in favor of”) + crāstinus (“of or belonging to tomorrow”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from crās (“tomorrow”).
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18 words- CONSTIPATE 14 pts
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