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Prorogue v. t. (past & past part. prorogued; pres. part. proroguing)

To protract; to prolong; to extend. (Obs.) "He prorogued his government."

To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage.

To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business. "Parliament was prorogued to (meet at) Westminster." "The Parliament was again prorogued to a distant day."

Synonyms: To adjourn; postpone; defer. See Adjourn.

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Etymology of 'Prorogue'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Prorogue" Quotes from Famous Books

... twelve electoral districts, each of which has the right to return three members; the Gold Fields have also the right of electing two members, and the four principal towns, one member each. There is no power in the State competent to either prorogue or dissolve the Volksraad except that body itself, so that an appeal to the country on a given subject or policy is impossible without its concurrence. Members are elected for four years, but half retire by rotation every ...

— Cetywayo and his White Neighbours - Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal • H. Rider Haggard

... to reconsider certain provisions of the draft constitution in such a conciliatory manner as to insure the passage of the whole instrument through both houses within two weeks; (b) to alter the Election Law in such fashion as to conciliate the more conservative elements in the country; (c) to prorogue the second session (1916-1917) immediately these things were done and after a very short recess to open the third session (1917-1918) and close it within three months, allowing new elections to be held in the early ...

— The Fight For The Republic in China • Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale

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