Meaning of PROROGUE
| Pronunciation: | | prow'rowg
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- [v] hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
- [v] adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body
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| | Synonyms: | | defer, hold over, postpone, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table |
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| | See Also: | | adjourn, call, call off, cancel, delay, hold, probate, reprieve, reschedule, respite, retire, suspend, withdraw | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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}.
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