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Suspending (parliament)
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proroguing
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vb. (present participle of prorogue English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .] To protract; to prolong; to extend. ...
Usage examples of proroguing.
The Commons and the people being violent against him, the King was made (by his friends) to interpose to save him, by banishing him for five years, and proroguing the Parliament.
There were few diseases on the Balloon, and the doctors had found ways of proroguing death.