prorogued
prorogued is the simple past and past participle of prorogue.
Meaning of prorogue
Verb
prorogue (third-person singular simple present prorogues, present participle proroguing, simple past and past participle prorogued)
- 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
- To defer.
- 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...
Questions about prorogued
- What is prorogued the simple past and past participle of?
- Prorogued is the simple past and past participle of prorogue.
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