Verb: prorogue prow'rowg or pru'rowg
- Adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body
"The Queen prorogued Parliament until after the holidays"
- Hold back to a later time
"let's prorogue the exam";
- postpone, hold over, put over, table [N. Amer], shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off, put back
Derived forms: prorogues, prorogued, proroguing
Type of: adjourn, delay, retire, withdraw
Encyclopedia: Prorogue