prorogue

[Pro*rogue·]

Prorogue is a technical way of saying "put off" or "delay." Usually, it describes something a government body does: when a congress or parliament prorogues, it's putting off business for a while.

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To protract; to prolong; to extend.

Verb
adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body

Verb
hold back to a later time; "let''s postpone the exam"


v. t.
To protract; to prolong; to extend.

v. t.
To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage.

v. t.
To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business.


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.]
He prorogued his government.
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.
The Parliament was again prorogued to a distant day.
Syn. -- To adjourn; postpone; defer. See Adjourn.

To protract; to prolong; to extend.

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