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prorogue |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prorogue v : adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body
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