To move from one place to another: After the meal we adjourned to the living room.
[Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajourner : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + jour, day (from Late Latin diurnum, from Latin diurnus, daily, from diēs, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots).]
1330, from O.Fr. ajourner, from the phrase à jorn "to a stated day" (à "to" + journ "day," from L. diurnus "daily;" see diurnal). The sense is to set a date for a re-meeting. Meaning "to go in a body to another place" (1641) is colloquial.
Main Entry: ad·journ Pronunciation: &-'j&rn Function: transitive verb : to put off further proceedings of either indefinitely or until a later
stated time : close formally <adjourning the session> intransitive verb : to suspend a session or meeting till another time or indefinitely : suspend formal
business or procedure and disband <the congress will adjourn next month> —ad·journ·mentnoun
Ad*journ\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjourned; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjourning.] [OE. ajornen, OF. ajoiner, ajurner, F. ajourner; OF. a (L. ad) + jor, jur, jorn, F. jour, day, fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. Cf. Journal, Journey.] To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate. It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. --Barrow. 'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day. --Shak. Syn: To delay; defer; postpone; put off; suspend. Usage: To Adjourn, Prorogue, Dissolve. These words are used in respect to public bodies when they lay aside business and separate. Adjourn, both in Great Britain and this country, is applied to all cases in which such bodies separate for a brief period, with a view to meet again. Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to that act of the executive government, as the sovereign, which brings a session of Parliament to a close. The word is not used in this country, but a legislative body is said, in such a case, to adjourn sine die. To dissolve is to annul the corporate existence of a body. In order to exist again the body must be reconstituted.
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