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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To discontinue a session of (a parliament, for example).
  2. v. To postpone; defer.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To prolong; protract.
  2. To defer; put off; delay.
  3. To discontinue meetings of for a time, usually for a period of time not expressly stated: used specifically of the British Parliament. Parliament is prorogued from session to session by the sovereign's authority, either by the lord chancellor in the royal presence, or by commission, or by proclamation. See parliament and adjournment.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. obsolete To protract; to prolong; to extend.
  2. v. To defer; to delay; to postpone
  3. v. To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. hold back to a later time
  2. v. adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body

Etymologies

  1. From Latin prōrogō ("prolong, defer") (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English prorogen, from Old French proroguer, to postpone, from Latin prōrogāre : pro-, forward; see pro-1 + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. defer
  1. postpone
  1. adjourn
  1. delay
  1. extend
  1. protract
  1. prolong

hypernyms (3)

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  1. withdraw
  1. retire
  1. adjourn

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  1. prorogate

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  • qroqqa Lopping the -ue wouldn't work because the pronunciation would be affected: as with, say, 'intrigue' or 'vague'. Dec 9, 2008

  • reesetee I don't know about anyone else, but I prefer the "catalogue" spelling over "catalog." I never think of them as British vs. American spelling.

    Of course, I don't use prorogue as often as catalogue. :-) Dec 9, 2008

  • kewpid Should this be shortened to prorog in AmE? Dec 9, 2008

  • bilby Career ruffian. Dec 6, 2008

  • juv3nal see also procleric, profighter etc. ;P Dec 5, 2008

  • thenewvivek C'est la mot du jour n'est-ce pas? Dec 5, 2008

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