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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Prorogue \Pro*rogue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prorogued; p. pr. &
vb. n. Proroguing.] [F. proroger, L. prorogare, prorogatum;
pro forward + rogare to ask, to ask one for his opinion or
vote, or about a law. See Rogation.]
1. To protract; to prolong; to extend. [Obs.]
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He prorogued his government. --Dryden.
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2. To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to
prorogue a marriage. --Shak.
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3. To end the session of a parliament by an order of the
sovereign, thus deferring its business.
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Parliament was prorogued to [meet at] Westminster.
--Bp. Hall.
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The Parliament was again prorogued to a distant day.
--Macaulay.
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Syn: To adjourn; postpone; defer. See Adjourn.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Prorogue \Pro*rogue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prorogued; p. pr. &
vb. n. Proroguing.] [F. proroger, L. prorogare, prorogatum;
pro forward + rogare to ask, to ask one for his opinion or
vote, or about a law. See Rogation.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
prorogue
v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone,
hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back,
defer, remit, put off]
2: adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the
legislative body
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
prorogue
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to
discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without
formally ending the session. (from 15th c.)
2 (lb en transitive now rare) To defer. (from 15th c.)
3 (lb en obsolete) To prolong or extend. 15th 18th c.)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
prorogue
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to
discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without
formally ending the session. (from 15th c.)
2 (lb en transitive now rare) To defer. (from 15th c.)
3 (lb en obsolete) To prolong or extend. 15th 18th c.)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
prorogue
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to
discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without
formally ending the session. (from 15th c.)
2 (lb en transitive now rare) To defer. (from 15th c.)
3 (lb en obsolete) To prolong or extend. 15th 18th c.)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
prorogue
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to
discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without
formally ending the session. (from 15th c.)
2 (lb en transitive now rare) To defer. (from 15th c.)
3 (lb en obsolete) To prolong or extend. 15th 18th c.)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Prorogue /pɹˈɔːɹəʊɡ/
أجّل
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
prorogue /pɹˈɔːɹəʊɡ/
odročit
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
prorogue /pɹˈɔːɹəʊɡ/
vertagen
see: proroguing, prorogued, prorogues, prorogued
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
prorogue /pɹˈɔːɹəʊɡ/
odložiti, produžiti
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
prorogue /pɹˈɔːɹəʊɡ/
1. kralın emriyle parlamentoyu tatil etmek.
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v.休会；闭会
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
v. 使休会;使闭会
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