Procrastinate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Procrastinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Procrastinating.]
Etymology: [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.
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Procrastinate, v. i.
To delay; to be dilatory. I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago. Swift.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for procrastinate; he lists it under protract.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.