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A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg prorogue PRONUNCIATION: (pro-ROHG) MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To discontinue a session of something, for example, a parliament. 2. To defer or to postpone. ETYMOLOGY: From French proroger (to adjourn), from Latin prorogare (to prolong or defer), from pro- (before) + rogare (to ask). Ultimately from the Indo-European root reg- (to move in a straight line, to lead or rule), which is also the source of regime, direct, rectangle, erect, rectum, alert, source, and surge. Earliest documented use: 1419. USAGE: This sitting will be the last one before Parliament is prorogued. Lee U-Wen; Cost of Catching Sports on TV a Hot House Topic; The Business Times (Singapore); Apr 12, 2014. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard. -Rita Dove, poet (b. 1952)
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:00:01 +0000

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