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Webster 1913 Edition

Prorogue

Pro-rogue′

,
Verb.
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
.]
1.
To protract; to prolong; to extend.
[Obs.]
He
prorogued
his government.
Dryden.
2.
To defer; to delay; to postpone;
as, to
prorogue
death; to
prorogue
a marriage.
Shak.
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.
Bp. Hall.
The Parliament was again
prorogued
to a distant day.
Macaulay.
Syn. – To adjourn; postpone; defer. See
Adjourn
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prorogue

PROROGUE

,
Verb.
T.
prorog. [L. prorogo; pro and rogo. The latter word signifies to ask, or to propose; but the primary sense is to reach, to stretch forward; and this is its import in the derivative prorogo.]
1.
To protract; to prolong.
He prorogued his government.
2.
To defer; to delay; as, to prorogue death.
[In the foregoing senses, the word is now rarely used.]
3.
To continue the parliament from one session to another. Parliament is prorogued by the king's authority, either by the lord chancellor in his majesty's presence, or by commission, or by proclamation.

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