prorogue
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French proroger, proroguer, from Latin prōrogō (“prolong, defer”)
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Verb[edit]
prorogue (third-person singular simple present prorogues, present participle proroguing, simple past and past participle prorogued)
- (obsolete) To prolong or extend. [15th-18th c.]
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1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy, 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):, II.2.6.iv:
- Mirth […] prorogues life, whets the wit, makes the body young, lively, and fit for any manner of employment.
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- (transitive, now rare) To defer. [from 15th c.]
- (transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session. [from 15th c.]
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1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, in Friday's Business[1]:
- The King settled to prorogue Parliament until the Christmas holidays, and to do nothing else for the present.
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Translations[edit]
to suspend a parliamentary session
to defer
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to prolong or extend
See also[edit]
Prorogation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
