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Thursday, September 25, 2014

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: PROROGUE!!!



SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: 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.

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