verlengen — meaning in English

English meaning

• prorogue verb To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.
• protract verb To lengthen something, particularly to make it last longer in time.

Senses

verlengen is used for these senses in English:

• prorogue (obsolete) To prolong or extend. [15th–18th c.]
• protract To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.

prorogue — full definition

1. verb To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.
2. verb To make something last longer.

protract — full definition

1. verb To lengthen something, particularly to make it last longer in time.
2. verb To make use of a protractor.
3. verb To draw something to scale, marking out its lines and angles using a scale and protractor; to plot it.
4. verb To postpone something until a later time.

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