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verb
To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To defer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
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verb
To prolong or extend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adjourn, withdraw, retire
verb
hold back to a later time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: postpone, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: delay
Narrower terms: call, hold, suspend, probate, reprieve, respite
History
From Old French proroger, proroguer, from Latin prōrogō (“prolong, defer”).
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
