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prorogue
pro·rogue P0605300 (prō-rōg′)tr.v. pro·rogued, pro·rogu·ing, pro·rogues 1. To discontinue a session of (a parliament, for example).2. To postpone; defer.
[Middle English prorogen, from Old French proroguer, to postpone, from Latin prōrogāre : pro-, forward; see pro-1 + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
pro′ro·ga′tion n.prorogue (prəˈrəʊɡ) or prorogatevb (Parliamentary Procedure) to discontinue the meetings of (a legislative body) without dissolving it[C15: from Latin prorogāre literally: to ask publicly, from prō- in public + rogāre to ask] prorogation npro•rogue (proʊˈroʊg)
v.t. -rogued, -ro•guing. 1. to discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body). 2. to defer; postpone. [1375–1425; late Middle English proroge < Latin prōrogāre to prolong, defer =prō- pro-1 + rogāre to ask] pro`ro•ga′tion (-rəˈgeɪ ʃən) n. prorogue
Past participle: prorogued
Gerund: proroguing
| Imperative |
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| prorogue | | prorogue |
| Present |
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| I prorogue | | you prorogue | | he/she/it prorogues | | we prorogue | | you prorogue | | they prorogue |
| Preterite |
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| I prorogued | | you prorogued | | he/she/it prorogued | | we prorogued | | you prorogued | | they prorogued |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am proroguing | | you are proroguing | | he/she/it is proroguing | | we are proroguing | | you are proroguing | | they are proroguing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have prorogued | | you have prorogued | | he/she/it has prorogued | | we have prorogued | | you have prorogued | | they have prorogued |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was proroguing | | you were proroguing | | he/she/it was proroguing | | we were proroguing | | you were proroguing | | they were proroguing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had prorogued | | you had prorogued | | he/she/it had prorogued | | we had prorogued | | you had prorogued | | they had prorogued |
| Future |
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| I will prorogue | | you will prorogue | | he/she/it will prorogue | | we will prorogue | | you will prorogue | | they will prorogue |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have prorogued | | you will have prorogued | | he/she/it will have prorogued | | we will have prorogued | | you will have prorogued | | they will have prorogued |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be proroguing | | you will be proroguing | | he/she/it will be proroguing | | we will be proroguing | | you will be proroguing | | they will be proroguing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been proroguing | | you have been proroguing | | he/she/it has been proroguing | | we have been proroguing | | you have been proroguing | | they have been proroguing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been proroguing | | you will have been proroguing | | he/she/it will have been proroguing | | we will have been proroguing | | you will have been proroguing | | they will have been proroguing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been proroguing | | you had been proroguing | | he/she/it had been proroguing | | we had been proroguing | | you had been proroguing | | they had been proroguing |
| Conditional |
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| I would prorogue | | you would prorogue | | he/she/it would prorogue | | we would prorogue | | you would prorogue | | they would prorogue |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have prorogued | | you would have prorogued | | he/she/it would have prorogued | | we would have prorogued | | you would have prorogued | | they would have prorogued |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | prorogue - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"postpone, put off, defer, set back, shelve, table, put over, remit, hold overdelay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"call - stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game"hold - stop dealing with; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting"suspend - render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"probate - put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentencereprieve, respite - postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution | | 2. | prorogue - adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative bodyadjourn, retire, withdraw - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" |
Translationsaufschiebenverschiebenprorrogararrêterprorogerterminerchiudere una sedutaprorogare
LegalSeeprorogationprorogue
Synonyms for prorogueverb hold back to a later timeSynonyms- postpone
- put off
- defer
- set back
- shelve
- table
- put over
- remit
- hold over
Related Words- delay
- call
- hold
- suspend
- probate
- reprieve
- respite
verb adjourn by royal prerogativeRelated Words |