prorogue
verbUK /pɹə(ʊ)ˈɹəʊɡ/ · US /pɹoʊˈɹoʊɡ/
Etymology From Old French proroger, proroguer, from Latin prōrogō (“prolong, defer”).
1
To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.
- On 9 September, when Parliament was prorogued until 14 October [later reversed by the Supreme Court], spelling the end of 12 pieces of legislation, it emerged that the High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill was one of only three bills which will be carried over into the new parliamentary session.2019 October, Dan Harvey, “HS2 costs rise as schedule slips”, in Modern Railways, page 9:
2
Archaic To defer.
3
Obsolete To prolong or extend.
- Mirth[…]prorogues life, whets the wit, makes the body young, lively, and fit for any manner of employment.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 6, subsection iv:
- The King settled to prorogue Parliament until the Christmas holidays, and to do nothing else for the present.1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, in Friday's Business:
- Derived terms
- prorogate, prorogation, prorogator, proroguement, unprorogued