\Ad*journ\, v. 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.                             --Shak.
Syn: To delay; defer; postpone; put off; suspend.
Usage: 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"\, v. 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.