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adjourn
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► definition
Definition:1. to temporarily suspend proceedings2. to move to a different room
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"The meeting is now adjourned. [...]"
E. B. White. Charlotte’s Web (1952)
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"I move that the meeting adjourn, for the immediate adoption of more energetic remedies——"
"Speak English!" said the Eaglet.
Lewis Caroll. Alice in Wonderland (1865)
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"Oh, I didn't mean in this room! I know I can't smoke here, of course. I'd adjourn to some other room, wherever you like to show me to. You see, I'm used to smoking a good deal, and now I haven't had a puff for three hours; however, just as you like."
Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The Idiot (1887)
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Sanguine by nature, Troy had a power of eluding grief by simply adjourning it.
Thomas Hardy. Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)
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