Definitions for prorogue
proʊˈroʊgpro·rogue

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put offverb

   hold back to a later time

   "let's postpone the exam"

2. prorogueverb

   adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prorogueverb

   To prolong or extend.

2. prorogueverb

   To defer.

3. prorogueverb

   To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.

4. Etymology: From prorogo

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Prorogueverb

   Etymology: prorogo, Lat. proroger, Fr.

   1. To protract; to prolong.

   He prorogued his government, still threatning to dismiss himself from publick cares. Dryden.

   2. To put off; to delay.

   My life were better ended by their hate,
   Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love. William Shakespeare.

   3. To interrupt the session of parliament to a distant time.

   By the king’s authority alone, they are assembled, and by him alone are they prorogued and dissolved, but each house may adjourn itself. Francis Bacon.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prorogue

   Prorogation in the Westminster system of government is the action of proroguing, or interrupting, a parliament, or the discontinuance of meetings for a given period of time, without a dissolution of parliament. The term is also used for the period of such a discontinuance between two legislative sessions of a legislative body.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prorogueverb

   to protract; to prolong; to extend

2. Prorogueverb

   to defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage

3. Prorogueverb

   to end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prorogue

   prō-rōg′, v.t. to bring the meetings of parliament to an end for a time: to put off from one session to another:—pr.p. prorōg′uing: pa.t. and pa.p. prorōgued′.—v.t. Prō′rogāte.—n. Prorogā′tion, act of proroguing: a lengthening out: a putting off to another time, esp. the bringing to an end of a session of parliament. [Fr.,—L. prorogāre, -ātum—pro, forward, rogāre, to ask.]

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1. • Adjourn

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prorogue in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of prorogue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=prorogue
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Prorogue
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=prorogue
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prorogue
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prorogue
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=prorogue