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   procrastinate

   /prə(ʊ)ˈkrastɪneɪt/

   verb

   • 1. delay or postpone action; put off doing something: "the temptation will be to procrastinate until the power struggle plays itself out"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin procrastinat- ‘deferred till the morning’, from the verb procrastinare, from pro- ‘forward’ + crastinus ‘belonging to tomorrow’ (from cras ‘tomorrow’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. procrastinatory adjective
   • 2. procrastinative adjective

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