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 draw out; to extend, especially in duration.

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 prolong or extend.

protract — full definition

1. verb To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
2. verb To use a protractor.
3. verb To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
4. verb To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.

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