'Procrastinate' definitions:

Definition of 'procrastinate'

From: WordNet
verb
Postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally]
verb
Postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"

Definition of 'Procrastinate'

From: GCIDE
  • Procrastinate \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. [1913 Webster]
  • Hopeless and helpless Aegeon wend, But to procrastinate his lifeless end. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Procrastinate'

From: GCIDE
  • Procrastinate \Pro*cras"ti*nate\, v. i. To delay; to be dilatory. [1913 Webster]
  • I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'procrastinate'

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