prorogue

Verb

prorogue (third-person singular simple present prorogues, present participle proroguing, simple past and past participle prorogued)

1. (transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.
   • On 9 September, when Parliament was prorogued until 14 October [later reversed by the Supreme Court], spelling the end of 12 pieces of legislation, it emerged that the High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill was one of only three bills which will be carried over into the new parliamentary...2019 October, Dan Harvey, “HS2 costs rise as schedule slips”, in Modern Railways, page 9
2. (archaic, transitive) To defer.

   Synonyms:

   defer, postpone

3. (obsolete) To prolong or extend.
   • Mirth[…]prorogues life, whets the wit, makes the body young, lively, and fit for any manner of employment.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
   • The King settled to prorogue Parliament until the Christmas holidays, and to do nothing else for the present.1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, in Friday's Business

   Synonyms:

   extend, prolong, protract