prorogue
(verb) adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body
postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
(verb) hold back to a later time; “let’s postpone the exam”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
prorogue (third-person singular simple present prorogues, present participle proroguing, simple past and past participle prorogued)
(transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session. [from 15th c.]
(transitive, now rare) To defer. [from 15th c.]
(obsolete) To prolong or extend. [15th-18th c.]
• (to defer): defer, postpone
• (to prolong): extend, prolong, protract
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*rogue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prorogued; p. pr. & vb. n. Proroguing.] Etym: [F. proroger, L. prorogare, prorogatum; pro forward + rogare to ask, to ask one for his opinion or vote, or about a law. See Rogation.]
1. To protract; to prolong; to extend. [Obs.] He prorogued his government. Dryden.
2. To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage. Shak.
3. To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business. Parliament was prorogued to [meet at] Westminster. Bp. Hall. The Parliament was again prorogued to a distant day. Macaulay.
Syn.
– To adjourn; postpone; defer. See Adjourn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
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