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Prorogue
Pronunciation : Pro*rogue"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. proroger, L. prorogare, prorogatum; pro forward + rogare to ask, to ask one for his opinion or vote, or about a law. See Rogation.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Prorogued; p. pr. & vb. n. Proroguing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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