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procrastinare

procrastinare [CL] 1 to put off till the next day or until another day, (also absol.) to delay, to procrastinate. ne tota die jejunium sustinere vel etiam ~are cogaris Bede CuthbP 5; ~at, differt in alium diem GlC P 661; ~at ibi paucis diebus Sulcard f. 15v; jacebat in natali ejus, quod die primo Pentecostes fuerat, sed ~atum servitium die secundo fiebat W. Malm. GP V 269; ~are, diutinare, perendinare, aliquando pro dilatare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 466; ~atum est usque mane ad perficiendum quod laudabiliter fuerat inchoatum Gir. PI II 13 p. 186. 2 to pass or use up (a period of time) in delay. s1300 hec et alia instantissime a dominis postulata, ~atis diebus pluribus ‥ concessit rex confirmare et ratificare Flor. Hist. III 109. 3 (in list). da regulas verborum, quae huic pedi minime refragentur! elimino, ingurgito, eradico, ~o Aldh. PR 132.

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