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What does prorogue mean?

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Verb
  1. (obsolete) To prolong or extend. [15th-18th c.]
  2. (transitive, now rare) To defer. [from 15th c.]
  3. (transitive) To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session. [from 15th c.]
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The Governor had the right to summon, to prorogue, and to dissolve the Assembly.
In the spirit of cooperation, we today request that the government adjourn the House rather than prorogue at the end of the session.
Now is it true that the government will prorogue the House so that it will not be held accountable for its shameful record?
The decision, and I am emphasizing what my colleague said, to prorogue Parliament further undermined the effort to move the bill along.
They had a mandate for four years, given their own legislation, but they chose to prorogue that Parliament and go to an election.
Harper reacted by requesting that the Governor General prorogue Parliament in early December, effectively locking the doors for eight weeks.

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