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adjourned, ppl. a.|əˈdʒɜːnd|
[f. adjourn + -ed.]
†1. Cited, prop. for a fixed day; summoned. Obs.
1577Fenton Guicciardin xviii. (1599) 832 Such as were absent..were adiorned, and taxed at rates to nourish the armie. 1608Sylvester Dubartas 243 Wolves and panthers waxing meek and tame,..Adjourned by Heaven, did in my presence com.
2. Deferred, postponed; held over to another time.
1699Dryden Palam. & Arcite iii. 188 The day To distance driven, and joy adjourn'd with long delay. 1876Freeman Norm. Conq. II. vii. 147 Let the meeting stand adjourned. |