adjourn

Meaning

Verb

To postpone.
To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
To end or suspend an event.
To move as a group from one place to another.

Origin

From Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jor (nomer) ("to an (appointed) day").

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