Associations to the word «Prorogue»

Wiktionary

PROROGUE, verb. (obsolete) To prolong or extend. [15th-18th c.]
PROROGUE, verb. (transitive) (now rare) To defer. [from 15th c.]
PROROGUE, verb. (transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session. [from 15th   c.]

Dictionary definition

PROROGUE, verb. Hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam".
PROROGUE, verb. Adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn