— procrastinatingly, procrastinatively , adv. — procrastination , n. — procrastinative, procrastinatory /proh kras"teuh neuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee, preuh-/ , adj. — procrastinativeness , n. — procrastinator n.
/proh kras"teuh nayt', preuh-/ , v. , procrastinated, procrastinating .
v.i.
1. to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
v.t.
2. to put off till another day or time; defer; delay.
[ 1580-90; procrastinatus (ptp. of procrastinare to put off until tomorrow, equiv. to pro- PRO- 1 + -crastinare, deriv. of crastinus of tomorrow; cras tomorrow + -tinus suffix forming adjs. from temporal advs.); see -ATE 1 ]
Syn. 2. prolong, postpone.