1. (v. t.) To protract; to prolong; to extend.

2. (v. t.) To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to prorogue death; to prorogue a marriage.

3. (v. t.) To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business.

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