Thesaurus: prorogue

Related headwords

Definitions

1. v. t. To protract; to prolong; to extend.
2. v. t. To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage.
3. v. t. To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business.
4. v. hold back to a later time
5. v. adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body
6. 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.
7. v. adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body