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Urge poor to revolt and interrupt parliament
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prorogue
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context obsolete English) To prolong or extend. (15th-18th c.) 2 (context transitive now rare English) To defer. (from 15th c.) 3 (context transitive English) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "to prolong, extend," from Old French proroger , proroguer (14c.), from Latin prorogare , literally "to ask publicly," from pro "before" (see pro- ) + rogare "to ask" (see rogation ). Perhaps the original sense in Latin was "to ask for public ...
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. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. 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 ] adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body
Usage examples of prorogue.
And although he may give his answer at once, and at once proceed to issue his apostils if he is very expert and experienced, yet it is better to act with caution, and fix a term of ten or twenty or twenty-five days, reserving to himself the right to prorogue the hearing of the appeal up to the legal limit of time.
Having done all this, early in December the provincial congress of Massachusets prorogued themselves, appointing a new meeting in the ensuing month of February.
Turning up the deep astrachan collar of his long coat, the stranger swept out of the shop, with the air, Miss Fritten afterwards described it, of a Satrap proroguing a Sanhedrim.
Guy Flouncey could no more presume to think of that than of attempting to prorogue Parliament.
Tenure of a propraetorship was usually for one year, but could be prorogued.
President of the Republic dissolves the Assembly, prorogues it, or obstructs the exercise of its authority, is a crime of High Treason.
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.