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Webster 1913 Edition


Adjourn

Ad-journ

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Adjourned
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Adjourning
.]
[OE.
ajornen
, OF.
ajoiner
,
ajurner
, F.
ajourner
; OF.
a
(L.
ad
) +
jor
,
jur
,
jorn
, F.
jour
, day, fr. L.
diurnus
belonging to the day, fr.
dies
day. Cf.
Journal
,
Journey
.]
To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; – commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body;
as, to
adjourn
the meeting; to
adjourn
a debate.
It is a common practice to
adjourn
the reformation of their lives to a further time.
Barrow.
’Tis a needful fitness
That we
adjourn
this court till further day.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To delay; defer; postpone; put off; suspend.
– To
Adjourn
,
Prorogue
,
Dissolve
. These words are used in respect to public bodies when they lay aside business and separate. Adjourn, both in Great Britain and this country, is applied to all cases in which such bodies separate for a brief period, with a view to meet again. Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to that act of the executive government, as the sovereign, which brings a session of Parliament to a close. The word is not used in this country, but a legislative body is said, in such a case, to adjourn sine die. To dissolve is to annul the corporate existence of a body. In order to exist again the body must be reconstituted.

Ad-journ′

,
Verb.
I.
To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies;
as, congress
adjourned
at four o'clock; the court
adjourned
without day.

Webster 1828 Edition


Adjourn

ADJOURN'

,
Verb.
T.
Adjurn'.
Literally, to put off, or defer to another day; but now used to denote a formal intermission of business, a putting off to any future meeting of the same body, and appropriately used of public bodies or private commissioners, entrusted with business; as, the court adjourned the consideration of the question.

ADJOURN'

,
Verb.
I.
To suspend business for a time; as, from one day to another, or for a longer period, usually public business, as of legislatures and courts, for repose or refreshment; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock. It is also used for the act of closing the session of a public body; as, the court adjourned without day.
It was moved that parliament should adjourn for six weeks.

Definition 2024


adjourn

adjourn

English

Verb

adjourn (third-person singular simple present adjourns, present participle adjourning, simple past and past participle adjourned)

  1. (transitive) To postpone.
    The trial was adjourned for a week.
  2. (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
    • Barrow
      It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.
  3. (intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
    The court will adjourn for lunch.
  4. (intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move from one place to another.
    After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.

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