'Prorogue' definitions:

Definition of 'prorogue'

verb

Hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off]

verb

Adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body

From: GCIDE

Prorogue \Pro*rogue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prorogued; p. pr. & vb. n. Proroguing.] [F. proroger, L. prorogare, prorogatum; pro forward + rogare to ask, to ask one for his opinion or vote, or about a law. See Rogation.]
1. To protract; to prolong; to extend. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
He prorogued his government. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
2. To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business. [1913 Webster]
Parliament was prorogued to [meet at] Westminster. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
The Parliament was again prorogued to a distant day. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Syn: To adjourn; postpone; defer. See Adjourn. [1913 Webster]