PROROGUING

Verb

proroguing

present participle of prorogue

Noun

proroguing (plural proroguings)

A prolongation or extension.

Source: Wiktionary

PROROGUE

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