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.
Procrastinate
(Pro*cras"ti*nate), v. i. To delay; to be dilatory.
I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago.
Swift. Procrastination
(Pro*cras`ti*na"tion) n. [L. procrastinatio: cf. F. procrastination.] The act or habit of
procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Young. Procrastinator
(Pro*cras"ti*na`tor) n. One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything.
Procrastinatory
(Pro*cras"ti*na*to*ry) a. Of or pertaining to procrastination; dilatory.
Procrastine
(Pro*cras"tine) v. t. To procrastinate. [Obs.]
Procreant
(Pro"cre*ant) a. [L. procreans, p. pr. of procreare. See Procreate.] Generating; producing; productive; fruitful; assisting
in procreation. [R.] "His pendent bed and procreant cradle." Shak.
Procreant
(Pro"cre*ant), n. One who, or that which, procreates.
Procreate
(Pro"cre*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Procreated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Procreating.] [L. procreatus,
p. p. of procreare; pro forward, forth + create to create.] To generate and produce; to beget; to engender.
Procreation
(Pro`cre*a"tion) n. [F. procréation, L, procreatio.] The act of begetting; generation and
production of young. South.
Procreative
(Pro"cre*a`tive) a. Having the power to beget; generative. Sir M. Hale.
Procreativeness
(Pro"cre*a`tive*ness), n. The power of generating.
Procreator
(Pro"cre*a`tor) n. [L.] One who begets; a father or sire; a generator.
Procris
(||Pro"cris) n. [L., the wife of Cephalus, Gr. .] (Zoöl.) Any species of small moths of the genus
Procris. The larvæ of some species injure the grapevine by feeding in groups upon the leaves.
Procrustean
(Pro*crus"te*an) a. Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torture practiced by
him; producing conformity by violent means; as, the Procrustean treatment; a Procrustean limit. See
Procrustes.
Procrusteanize
(Pro*crus"te*an*ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Procrusteanized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Procrusteanizing
] To stretch or contract according to some rule or standard.
Procrustes
(Pro*crus"tes) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. to beat out, to stretch; forward + to strike.] (Gr. Antiq.) A
celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case
required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; — whence the metaphorical
phrase, the bed of Procrustes.
Procrustesian
(Pro`crus*te"si*an) a. See Procrustean.
Proctitis
(||Proc*ti"tis) n. [NL., from Gr. anus + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the rectum.
