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proroguing
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.]
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To protract; to prolong; to extend. [Obs.]
He prorogued his government.
--Dryden. To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage.
--Shak.-
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of prorogue English)
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.