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单词 prorogue
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proroguev.

Brit. /prə(ʊ)ˈrəʊɡ/, U.S. /proʊˈroʊɡ/, /prəˈroʊɡ/
Forms: late Middle English prorouge, late Middle English–1600s proroge, late Middle English– prorogue, 1500s proroag, 1500s prorog; also Scottish pre-1700 prorog.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French proroger; Latin prōrogāre.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French proroger, Middle French proroguer (French proroger ) to prolong (1325), to defer (c1330) and its etymon classical Latin prōrogāre to prolong, extend (especially a term of office), to defer, postpone < prō- pro- prefix1 + rogāre to ask (see rogation n.). Compare Old Occitan prorogar (1286), Catalan prorrogar (1460), Spanish prorrogar (15th cent.), Italian prorogare (1309).
1.
a. transitive. To extend in time, cause to last longer; = prorogate v. 1. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong
lengOE
drawOE
teec1200
forlengtha1300
lengtha1300
drivec1300
tarryc1320
proloynec1350
continuec1380
to draw alonga1382
longa1382
dretch1393
conservea1398
to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400
prorogue1419
prolongc1425
aroomc1440
prorogate?a1475
protend?a1475
dilate1489
forlong1496
relong1523
to draw out1542
sustentate1542
linger1543
defer1546
pertract1548
propagate1548
protract1548
linger1550
lengthen1555
train1556
detract?a1562
to make forth (long, longer)1565
stretch1568
extend1574
extenuate1583
dree1584
wire-draw1598
to spin out1603
trail1604
disabridge1605
produce1605
continuate1611
out-length1617
spin1629
to eke out1641
producta1670
prolongate1671
drawl1694
drag1697
perennate1698
string1867
perennialize1898
1419 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) II. 250 (MED) Þei of iiij membres of Flandres desiren..þat we wolde continue and prorogue þe seurtees and provisions ordeined afore þis time.
1472 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) XI. 758 (MED) The Trewes and Abstinencez of Werre before tyme taken..be Proroged and Renewed, to be observed and kept after the fourme and effect of the same.
?1510 T. More tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. c.ii If he might haue had the space of his life prorogyd.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ii. 121 The truce was eftsoones proroaged for a certeine few dayes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. i. 26 Epicurean Cookes, Sharpen with cloylesse sawce his Appetite, That sleepe and feeding may prorogue his Honour. View more context for this quotation
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 896 The States prorogued the space for deliberation..from that present time, until the first of September.
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) XI. 263 As long as the Spirit prorogues his workings after an obstinate resistance of them.
b. transitive. Roman History. To make a formal extension of (the term of office or command of an official, general, etc.); to extend the appointment of (an official).
ΚΠ
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 773 And besides, [they] did proroge the time of his gouernment fiue yeares further.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xli. 1099 After the Ides of March (for the Consuls had their governements alreadie prorogued for one whole yeare) he should continue no longer in place.
1675 S. Clarke Lives & Deaths most Eminent Persons 204 They held a Councel, wherein it was agreed, that..Caesar should have more money delivered him to pay his Army, and that his Government should be prorogued for five years longer.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 337 The command of Scipio was prorogued, not, as on previous occasions, for a fixed period, but till such time as the war should be brought to a conclusion.
1961 H. H. Scullard Hist. Rom. World 321 It [sc. the Senate] also took over from the People the right to prorogue a magistrate's command.
2000 T. C. Brennan Praetorship in Rom. Republic 32 The Senate decided not to add more praetors for the new provinciae of Macedonia and Africa, a decision which made it arithmetically necessary for two praetors to be prorogued each year.
2.
a. transitive. To put off for a time; to defer, postpone. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)]
forslowc888
eldc897
forsita940
gele971
lengOE
drilla1300
delayc1300
onfrestc1300
tarryc1320
jornc1330
dretchc1380
defer1382
forbida1387
to put offa1387
to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393
dilate1399
fordrawa1400
to put overc1410
latch?c1422
adjournc1425
prolongc1425
proloynec1425
rejournc1425
to put in respite1428
sleuthc1430
respitea1450
prorogue1453
refer1466
sleep1470
supersede1482
respectc1487
postpone1496
overseta1500
respett1500
enjourna1513
relong1523
retract1524
tarde1524
track1524
to fode forth1525
tract1527
protract1528
further1529
to make stay of1530
surcease1530
prorogate1534
to fay upon longc1540
linger1543
retard?1543
slake1544
procrastine1548
reprieve1548
remit1550
suspense1556
leave1559
shiftc1562
suspend1566
procrastinate1569
dally1574
post1577
to hold off1580
drift1584
loiter1589
postpose1598
to take one's (own) timea1602
flag1602
slug1605
elong1610
belay1613
demur1613
tardya1616
to hang up1623
frist1637
disjourn1642
future1642
off1642
waive1653
superannuate1655
perendinate1656
stave1664
detard1675
remora1686
to put back1718
withhold1726
protract1737
to keep over1847
to hold over1853
laten1860
to lay over1885
hold1891
back-burner1975
1453 Rolls of Parl. V. 233/1 The Kyng..woll and grauntith to forbere and proroge and to putte in suspence, th'execution of leviyng of the fyndyng of the seid..men Archers..for the space of ii yeres.
1494 in H. Anstey Epistolae Academicae Oxon. (1898) II. 618 Prorouge your saide election..unto the tyme ye shall therin have furthre knowlege from us.
1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 259 (MED) This fourth Bawdewyn, called Paraliticus, This message sent..When Henry was requyred to haue that lande, Whiche he proroged and sent agayne his sounde, He shulde be there yf that the kyng of Fraunce And he myght well accorde of gouernaunce.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. i. 48 I heare thou must and nothing may proroge it, On Thursday next be married to the Countie. View more context for this quotation
1632 J. Pory Let. 6 Dec. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 278 The Kinges journey into Scotland must be prorogued untill another yeare.
1683 B. S. tr. Anacreon Odes xxi. 44 If all the sorcerie of Gold..Could but prorogue the fateful day.
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VII. 126 To stop a sinner in his return to God, by persuading his corrupt heart, that he may prorogue that return with safety.
1750 M. Jones Misc. in Prose & Verse 101 No prudence could thy fate prorogue.
1799 E. Du Bois Piece Family Biogr. I. xii. 175 Neither would pretend to advise in a matter of so much moment: it was therefore prorogued till they should meet their friends.
1864 J. S. Le Fanu Wylder's Hand (1898) 131 The idea of holding Miss Brandon to this engagement, and proroguing her nuptials from day to day, to convenience the bridegroom.
1940 K. Rexroth Coll. Shorter Poems (1966) 105 This dream prorogued Is not a cause..And has no seeming.
2004 Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana) (Nexis) 7 May Hypothetically speaking, inclusive sexuality education can help virgins prorogue sex until marriage.
b. intransitive. To delay, temporize. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)]
geleOE
studegieOE
abideOE
to do in or a (= on) fristc1175
dwellc1175
demurc1230
targec1250
dretcha1325
tarrya1375
sojourn1377
defer1382
letc1385
hinderc1386
blina1400
delay?a1400
honea1400
litea1400
overbidea1400
prolongc1425
supersede1433
hoverc1440
tarrowc1480
sunyie1488
stay?a1500
sleep1519
slack1530
protract1540
linger1548
procrastinate1548
slackc1560
slug1565
jauk1568
temporize1579
detract1584
longering1587
sit1591
prorogue1593
to time it out1613
to lie out1640
crastinate1656
taigle17..
to hang fire1782
to hold off1790
to hang it on1819
prevaricate1854
to lie over1856
to tread water1942
to drag one's feet1946
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 11 b Why doost thou proroge till thy wretched life be at his wayes end?
3.
a. transitive. To discontinue the meetings of (a legislative or other assembly) for a period of time or until the next session, without dissolving it. Also: to adjourn (a meeting).Originally a particular application of sense 2a, with the sense of ‘postponing’ the sittings of a parliament which had been summoned or was in session; cf. quot. 1878 at prorogation n. 2a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] > a meeting
adjourna1325
jornc1330
prolongc1450
prorogue1455
prorogate1639
1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 286/1 For asmoche as the holy Fest of Cristemas approchith so nygh..it myght like the said Lieutenaunt and all the Lordes, this present Parliament to proroge, adjorne, or dissolve.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxxv In this .xlii. yere the Kyng helde one parlyament at Westmynster & a nother or ellys prorogyd ye same to Wynchestre.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xli Vpon this poynct..the parliament was proroged to Westminster.
1586 Ld. Burghley Let. 15 Oct. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 13 We had gret reason to prorog our session which is rone till the 25th.
c1615 F. Bacon Advice to G. Villiers ii. §28 By the king's authority alone, and by his writs are they [sc. the two houses of peers and commons] assembled, and by him alone are they prorogued and dissolved; but each house may adjourn itself.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 135 At several Sessions they met, and prayed, and confer'd, and prorogued their meeting, and departed.
1684 in New Hampsh. Hist. Soc. Coll. VIII. 199 Governor to have a negative voice in making laws, with power to dissolve and prorogue general assemblies at pleasure.
1704 Boston News-let. 21 Aug. 2/2 On Saturday his Excellency Prorogu'd the General Assembly to the 25th day of October next.
1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. vii. 23 The Pope..recalled them and prorogued the Council.
1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iv. i. 201 Parliament is called together by the King, and is prorogued or dissolved by him whenever he thinks fit.
1889 Act (W. Austral.) 52 Victoria No. 23 §3 It shall be lawful for the Governor..to prorogue the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 62/1 Charles had dissolved parliament in July 1679, and in the following October had prorogued its successor without allowing it to meet.
1970 G. E. Frakes Laboratory for Liberty vii. 116 In the 1770s, it was common for a session to last only a few days before the governor would prorogue the meeting, calling for another session to meet a month or so later.
2001 P. P. Read Alice in Exile (2002) ii. iv. 159 There was a change of ministry; the Duma was prorogued.
b. intransitive. Of a legislative assembly, etc.: to discontinue sittings for a period of time or until the next session.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (intransitive)] > prorogue
prorogue1642
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > prorogue
prolongc1450
prorogate1639
prorogue1642
1642 J. Spelman View of Observ. upon His Majesties Late Answers 8 He may command them to prorogue, or adjourn for time or place.
1680 Roxburghe Ballads (1883) IV. 646 I mind not the Members, and makers of Laws, Let 'em Sit or Prorogue as his Majesty please.
1720 A. Pennecuik Streams from Helicon (ed. 2) i. 99 They prorogu'd to—Nevermass.
1785 R. B. Sheridan Let. 26 July (1966) I. 164 We shall adjourn..'till October..and then prorogue till January.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 7 Sept. 2/2 No opportunity was afforded..of discussing the question before Parliament prorogued.
1927 Manitoba Free Press 4 Apr. 7/3 The Alberta legislature prorogued at 7 p.m. on Saturday, having been in session since February 10.
1991 P. C. Newman Merchant Princes vi. 151 The House was all set to prorogue for a general election, but the Selkirk member's question of privilege halted the proceedings.

Derivatives

proˈroguer n. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > one who delays
tarrier1382
delayer1509
postponer1533
prolonger1548
proroguer1551
deferrer1552
waiter upon God1592
procrastinator1607
temporizer1609
protracter1611
protractor1611
retarder1644
cunctator1654
adjourner1738
postponator1775
putter-off1803
tomorrower1810
offput1856
shelver1881
staller1937
1551 T. Raynald tr. A. Vesalius Compend. Declar. Vertues Oile Imperial sig. Eiv The verie true Elixir vitae, maintaignar and prorogar of the same, is the holsom habite.
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 5 These prorogers of wel doinge having wherwith, are here iustly reproved.
1716 A. Hutcheson in Eight Speeches made in Parl. (1733) vii. 116 Henry the Eighth (the first Proroguer of Parliaments).
1934 Time 26 Nov. 18/3 The Lords & Commons: Were prorogued by His Majesty... Said Proroguer George V, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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