Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prorogue
Participle: prorogued
Gerund: proroguing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prorogue |
| you | prorogue |
| he;she;it | prorogues |
| we | prorogue |
| you | prorogue |
| they | prorogue |
Perfect
| I | have prorogued |
| you | have prorogued |
| he;she;it | has prorogued |
| we | have prorogued |
| you | have prorogued |
| they | have prorogued |
Past
| I | prorogued |
| you | prorogued |
| he;she;it | prorogued |
| we | prorogued |
| you | prorogued |
| they | prorogued |
Pluperfect
| I | had prorogued |
| you | had prorogued |
| he;she;it | had prorogued |
| we | had prorogued |
| you | had prorogued |
| they | had prorogued |
Future
| I | will prorogue |
| you | will prorogue |
| he;she;it | will prorogue |
| we | will prorogue |
| you | will prorogue |
| they | will prorogue |
Future Perfect
| I | will have prorogued |
| you | will have prorogued |
| he;she;it | will have prorogued |
| we | will have prorogued |
| you | will have prorogued |
| they | will have prorogued |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prorogue |
| you | prorogue |
| he;she;it | prorogue |
| we | prorogue |
| you | prorogue |
| they | prorogue |
Perfect
| I | have prorogued |
| you | have prorogued |
| he;she;it | have prorogued |
| we | have prorogued |
| you | have prorogued |
| they | have prorogued |
Imperfect
| I | prorogued |
| you | prorogued |
| he;she;it | prorogued |
| we | prorogued |
| you | prorogued |
| they | prorogued |
Pluperfect
| I | had prorogued |
| you | had prorogued |
| he;she;it | had prorogued |
| we | had prorogued |
| you | had prorogued |
| they | had prorogued |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prorogue |
| you | would prorogue |
| he;she;it | would prorogue |
| we | would prorogue |
| you | would prorogue |
| they | would prorogue |
Perfect
| I | would have prorogued |
| you | would have prorogued |
| he;she;it | would have prorogued |
| we | would have prorogued |
| you | would have prorogued |
| they | would have prorogued |
Imperative
| you | prorogue |
| we | Let's prorogue |
| you | prorogue |
Verbs conjugated like 'prorogue'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prorogue'
prologue,
progue,
prorogate,
brogue,
preroute,
prologise,
prologize,
prologuise,
prologuize,
promote,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1425, "to prolong, extend," from O.Fr.
proroger (14c.), from L.
prorogare, lit. "to ask publicly," from
pro "before" +
rogare "to ask." Perhaps the original sense in L. was "to ask for public assent to extending someone's term in office." Meaning "to discontinue temporarily" is attested from 1455.
2. From Old French proroger, proroguer, from Latin prōrogō (“prolong, defer”). See: Latin '
prōrogō'.
Sample Sentences
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On 9 September, when Parliament was prorogued until 14 October [later reversed by the Supreme Court], spelling the end of 12 pieces of legislation, it emerged that the High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill was one of only three bills which will be carried over into the new parliamentary session. [2019 October, Dan Harvey, “HS2 costs rise as schedule slips”, in Modern Railways, page 9:]
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Mirth[…]prorogues life, whets the wit, makes the body young, lively, and fit for any manner of employment. [1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 6, subsection iv:]
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The King settled to prorogue Parliament until the Christmas holidays, and to do nothing else for the present. [1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, in Friday's Business:]