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pro·rogue

[proh-rohg] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object), -rogued, -ro·guing.

1.	to discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body).

2.	to defer; postpone.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME proroge < L prōrogāre to prolong, protract, defer, lit., to ask publicly, equiv. to prō- pro-¹ + rogāre to ask, propose

]

—Related forms

pro·ro·ga·tion

[proh-ruh-gey-shuh

n] Pronunciation Key, noun

—Synonyms 1. suspend.

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pro·rogue (prō-rōg') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. pro·rogued, pro·rogu·ing, pro·rogues

To discontinue a session of (a parliament, for example).
To postpone; defer.

[Middle English prorogen, from Old French proroguer, to postpone, from Latin prōrogāre : pro-, forward; see pro-¹ + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

pro'ro·ga'tion n.

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prorogue

1425, "to prolong, extend," from O.Fr. proroger (14c.), from L. prorogare, lit. "to ask publicly," from pro "before" + rogare "to ask" (see rogation). Perhaps the original sense in L. was "to ask for public assent to extending someone's term in office." Meaning "to discontinue temporarily" is attested from 1455.

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prorogue
verb
1.	hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
2.	adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body

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Prorogue

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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