Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PRO-LONG', v.t. [Fr. prolonger; It. prolongare; Sp. prolongar; L. pro and longus. See Long.]

1. To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of. Temperate habits tend to prolong life.
2. To lengthen; to draw out in time by delay; to continue. Th' unhappy queen with talk prolong'd the night. – Dryden.
3. To put off to a distant time. For I myself am not so well provided / As else I would be, were the day prolong'd. – Shak.
4. To extend in space or length.