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