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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ad·journ
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Adjourned
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Adjourning
]
To
put
off
or
defer
to
another
day
,
or
indefinitely
;
to
postpone
;
to
close
or
suspend
for
the
day
; --
commonly
said
of
the
meeting
,
or
the
action
,
of
convened
body
;
as
,
to
adjourn
the
meeting
;
to
adjourn
a
debate
.
It
is
a
common
practice
to
adjourn
the
reformation
of
their
lives
to
a
further
time
.
--
Barrow
.
'
Tis
a
needful
fitness
That
we
adjourn
this
court
till
further
day
. --
Shak
.
Syn:
--
To
delay
;
defer
;
postpone
;
put
off
;
suspend
.
Usage:
--
To
Adjourn
,
Prorogue
,
Dissolve
.
These
words
are
used
in
respect
to
public
bodies
when
they
lay
aside
business
and
separate
.
Adjourn
,
both
in
Great
Britain
and
this
country
,
is
applied
to
all
cases
in
which
such
bodies
separate
for
a
brief
period
,
with
a
view
to
meet
again
.
Prorogue
is
applied
in
Great
Britain
to
that
act
of
the
executive
government
,
as
the
sovereign
,
which
brings
a
session
of
Parliament
to
a
close
.
The
word
is
not
used
in
this
country
,
but
a
legislative
body
is
said
,
in
such
a
case
,
to
adjourn
sine
die
.
To
dissolve
is
to
annul
the
corporate
existence
of
a
body
.
In
order
to
exist
again
the
body
must
be
reconstituted
.
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