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ad⋅journ

  [uh-jurn]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
2. to defer or postpone to a later time: They adjourned the meeting until the following Monday.
3. to defer or postpone (a matter) to a future meeting of the same body.
4. to defer or postpone (a matter) to some future time, either specified or not specified.
–verb (used without object)
5. to postpone, suspend, or transfer proceedings.
6. to go to another place: to adjourn to the parlor.
Origin:
1300–50; ME ajo(u)rnen < MF ajo(u)rner, equiv. to a- ad- + jorn- < L diurnus daily; see journal, journey
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Word Origin & History

adjourn 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

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 adjourn next month> —ad·journ·ment noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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