Prorogue /(?)/

Pro·rogue

Prorogue

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Prorogued; p. pr. & vb. n. Proroguing

  1. To protract; to prolong; to extend. [Obs.]
    He prorogued his government.
  2. To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage.
  3. To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business.
    Parliament was prorogued to [meet at] Westminster.
    The Parliament was again prorogued to a distant day.