1.To protract; to prolong; to extend. (Obs.) "He prorogued his government."
2.To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage.
3.To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business. "Parliament was prorogued to (meet at) Westminster." "The Parliament was again prorogued to a distant day."