Pro*cras"ti*nate, v. i. To delay;
to be dilatory.
I procrastinate more than I did twenty years
ago.
Swift.Pro*cras"ti*nate (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Procrastinated (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Procrastinating.] [L.
procrastinatus, p. p. of procrastinare to procrastinate;
pro forward + crastinus of to-morrow, fr. cras
to-morrow.] To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to
defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate
repentance. Dr. H. More.
Hopeless and helpless Ægeon wend,
But to procrastinate his lifeless end.
Shak.
Syn. -- To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard;
protract; prolong.