Prorogue Pro Rohg Verb Tr Discontinue Session Parliament Defer

prorogue /pro-ROHG/

verb tr.

1. To discontinue a session of something, for example, a parliament.

2. To defer or to postpone.

[From French proroger (to adjourn), from Latin prorogare (to prolong or defer), from pro- (before) + rogare (to ask). Ultimately from the Indo-European root reg- (to move in a straight line, to lead or rule), which is also the source of regime, direct, rectangle, erect, rectum, alert, source, and surge. Earliest documented use: 1419.]

"This sitting will be the last one before Parliament is prorogued." - Lee U-Wen; Cost of Catching Sports on TV a Hot House Topic; The Business Times (Singapore); Apr 12, 2014.