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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Drawn out; extended.

[R.]

Time is a

protensive

quantity.

Sir W. Hamilton.

protensive ‎(comparative more protensive, superlative most protensive)

Drawn out; extended.
- Sir William Hamilton
  Time, Protension or protensive quantity, called likewise Duration, is a necessary condition of thought. It may be considered both in itself and in the things which it contains.