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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prorogue /prəˈrəʊg/

▶verb (prorogues, proroguing, prorogued) discontinue a session of (a parliament or assembly) without dissolving it.

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prorogation /-rəˈgeɪʃ(ə)n/ noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. proroger, from L. prorogare ‘prolong, extend’, from pro- ‘in front of, publicly’ + rogare ‘ask’.

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