Pro*cras"ti*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Procrastinated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Procrastinating.] [L. procrastinatus, p. p. of procrastinare to procrastinate; pro forward + crastinus of to-morrow, fr. cras to-morrow.] To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance. Dr. H. More.

Hopeless and helpless Ægeon wend,
But to procrastinate his lifeless end.

Syn. -- To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong.

Pro*cras"ti*nate, v. i. To delay; to be dilatory.

I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago.

• to put off; to delay doing something; to wait until later
       He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.
  
• to put off; to delay something
       "...procrastinate the inevitable." - Dick Vitale