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pro⋅rogue

  [proh-rohg]
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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

Related forms:
pro⋅ro⋅ga⋅tion  [proh-ruh-gey-shuhn] , noun

Synonyms:
1. suspend.
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pro·rogue   (prō-rōg')   
tr.v.   pro·rogued, pro·rogu·ing, pro·rogues

  1. To discontinue a session of (a parliament, for example).

  2. 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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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