proroguing
Webster's Dictionary (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]