prorogue
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/pɹə(ʊ)ˈɹəʊɡ/
(UK)
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/pɹə(ʊ)ˈɹəʊɡ/ (UK) · /pɹoʊˈɹoʊɡ/ (US)
Definition of prorogue
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.
“On 9 September, when Parliament was prorogued until 14 October [later reversed by the Supreme Court], spelling the end of 12 pieces of legislation, it emerged that the High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill was one of only three bills which will be carried over into the new parliamentary session.”
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verb
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(transitive)To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.
“On 9 September, when Parliament was prorogued until 14 October [later reversed by the Supreme Court], spelling the end of 12 pieces of legislation, it emerged that the High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill was one of only three bills which will be carried over into the new parliamentary session.”
- (archaic, transitive)To defer.
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(obsolete)To prolong or extend.
“Mirth[…]prorogues life, whets the wit, makes the body young, lively, and fit for any manner of employment.”
“The King settled to prorogue Parliament until the Christmas holidays, and to do nothing else for the present.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old French proroger, proroguer, from Latin prōrogō (“prolong, defer”).
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