prolonge
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of prolonge
1855–60; < French, noun derivative of prolonger to prolong
Example Sentences
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Elle se prolonge depuis Tharse jusqu'à Courco, qui est au roi de Cypre, et à un port nommé Zabari.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard
This was the final strophe: Ah, depuis si longtemps je prolonge mon rêve, La route est commencée, il faut que je l'achève; Il est trop tard pour m'arrêter.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 by Various
Of synners that prolonge from daye to day to amende theyr myslyuyng.
From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Barclay, Alexander
Back they fell, farther, farther, while McDunn's battery continued to fire and retire by prolonge, and the Lancers, long weapons disengaged, accompanied them, ready to support the guns in an emergency.
From Ailsa Paige by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
That poore men Are forct too, for a slender competens, A little to prolonge a wretched lyfe!
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
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