Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Dilungá-re, v. a.
1. to remove, put away; 2. to defer, put off, retard; 3. to prolong, extend, draw out, produce, lengthen; v. r. to remove away, go from. — dal suo soggetto, to wander from one's subject, to digress; s. m. Dilungá-tóre, f.Dilungá-tríce; adj. Dilungá-nte.