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pro·rogue

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–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

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pro·ro·ga·tion

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n] Pronunciation Key, noun

—Synonyms 1. suspend.

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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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