Found 2 items, similar to Prorogue.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: prorogue
prorogue
v 1: hold back to a later time;
“let's postpone the exam” [syn:
postpone,
hold over,
put over,
table,
shelve,
set back,
defer,
remit,
put off]
2: adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the
legislative body
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Prorogue
Prorogue
\Pro*rogue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Prorogued; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Proroguing.] [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.]
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He prorogued his government. --Dryden.
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2. To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to
prorogue a marriage. --Shak.
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3. To end the session of a parliament by an order of the
sovereign, thus deferring its business.
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Parliament was prorogued to [meet at] Westminster.
--Bp. Hall.
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The Parliament was again prorogued to a distant day.
--Macaulay.
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Syn: To adjourn; postpone; defer. See
Adjourn.
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