adjourn

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to suspend or end a meeting or official session, often until a stated later time

   The chair will adjourn the meeting at six o'clock.

2. 2
   verb

   to postpone a legal proceeding, decision, or other formal matter

   The judge agreed to adjourn the trial for one week.

3. 3
   verb

   to move to another place after a meeting or activity

   After dinner, the guests adjourned to the library.

Simplified etymology

Adjourn entered Middle English from Old French ajorner, from the phrase a jorn, “to an appointed day.” Its early meaning was “summon someone to appear on a particular day”; it now means to break something off until a later time.

From Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajorner 'appoint a day; postpone,' built on a jorn 'to a day.' Jorn comes from Latin diurnus 'daily,' from dies 'day.' The legal sense reflects assigning a matter to another day.

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