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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 ∆geon wend, But to procrastinate his lifeless end.

Shak.

Syn. -- To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong.

Pro*cras"ti*nate, v. i. To delay; to be dilatory.

I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago.

Swift.

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.

Pro*cras"ti*na`tor (?), n. One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything.

Pro*cras"ti*na*to*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to procrastination; dilatory.

Pro*cras"tine (?), v. t. To procrastinate. [Obs.]

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.

Pro"cre*ant, n. One who, or that which, procreates.

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.

Pro`cre*a"tion (?), n. [F. procrÈation, L, procreatio.] The act of begetting; generation and production of young. South.

Pro"cre*a`tive (?), a. Having the power to beget; generative. Sir M. Hale.

Pro"cre*a`tive*ness, n. The power of generating.

Pro"cre*a`tor (?), n. [L.] One who begets; a father or sire; a generator.

||Pro"cris (?), n. [L., the wife of Cephalus, Gr. &?;.] (Zoˆl.) Any ||species of small moths of the genus Procris. The larvÊ of some ||species injure the grapevine by feeding in groups upon the leaves.

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.

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.

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.

Pro`crus*te"si*an (?), a. See Procrustean.

||Proc*ti"tis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; anus + -itis.] (Med.) ||Inflammation of the rectum.

Proc"to*cele (?), n. [Gr. &?; anus + &?; tumor.] (Med.) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani. Dunglison.

||Proc`to*dÊ"um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; the anus + &?; to divide.] ||(Anat.) See Mesenteron.