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adjournv. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French adjourner. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ajorner, ajurner, adjurner, Anglo-Norman and Middle French ajourner, adjourner (French ajourner ) to summon (a person) to attend a court hearing (c1170 in Old French; now obsolete in this sense), to fix a date for (a court hearing, parliament, or other event) (end of the 12th cent.), in Anglo-Norman also to dissolve the meeting of (a court, parliament, etc.), to postpone, defer, or suspend (such a meeting, assembly, or related matter or proceeding) (1346 or earlier; later reborrowed from English into French in this sense (1672; 1704 used reflexively)) < a- a- prefix5 + jor , jour , jur , jorn , jurn day (see jour n.1), in sense ‘to summon (a person) to a court hearing’ after post-classical Latin adiornare , adiurnare to call out against a given date (800; frequently from 1260 in British sources; also (after French) in senses ‘to fix a date for’ (frequently from 1262 in British sources), ‘to appoint (a day)’ (1306 in a British source), ‘to dissolve the meeting of (Parliament)’ (from a1482 in British sources); < classical Latin ad- ad- prefix + post-classical Latin diurnum day (see jour n.1)).Sense 3 is not paralleled in French until considerably later (1794); sense 4 is not paralleled in French at all. The β. forms reflect the French forms in ad-, which in turn show remodelling after classical Latin ad- ad- prefix. I. Legal, parliamentary, and related senses. 1. a. the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] > a meeting the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > cease from temporarily [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease temporarily > a meeting a1325 (2011) vi. 25 Ipurueid is, þat ȝif þe plaintif him assoinez after þe furste aperinge, ben þanne aiorned forte þe come of iustices. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 309 (MED) He [sc. the king] aiorned þam [sc. parliament] to relie in þe North at Carlele After Midesomers tide. 1427 in H. Nicolas (1834) III. 263 (MED) Þe courtes were adjorned for doubte of þe said pestilence. 1447 in S. A. Moore (1871) i. 9 (MED) As touchyng the laboure and spede of oure mater that day, hit was by my seide lorde ajorned over yn to the [morun] Saterdey. ?c1450 (Trin. Cambr.) (1908) 488 (MED) This parlement..was adiourned by þe King..vnto the fest of Seint George was passed. a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) II. f. clxxxxiii Parlyament..was aiourned vnto seynt Edwardes daye. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Suffolk xxii. 4 Fro place to place to adiourne it [sc. Parliament] divers times. a1578 R. Lindsay (1899) II. 301 The parliament was adiorned. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher ii. iv. 229 'Tis a needfull fitnesse, That we adiourne this Court till further day. View more context for this quotation 1641 H. Grimston 5 The Speaker refusing..to adjourne the house upon any command whatsoever. 1671 F. Philipps viii. 339 To save a default of the Tenant or Defendant, and to adjourn the Suit or Action to another day. 1741 C. Middleton (1742) II. vi. 6 The Consul..immediately adjourned the Senate into the Capitol. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in IV. 237 This parliament was adjourned to Westminster, amongst the black monks. 1853 C. Dickens xxiv. 238 The matter was adjourned and readjourned, and referred, and reported on. 1880 W. MacCormac 71 The meeting..was adjourned for a fortnight. 1956 19 Oct. 7/5 The Greek government promulgated a royal decree to-day adjourning Parliament for another month. 1996 T. Blackstock vi. 80 The judge finished his statement, and court was adjourned. 2010 (Nexis) 19 Mar. b5 Court of Queen's Bench Justice Kristine Eidsvik adjourned her verdict until April 13. the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease action or operation [verb (reflexive)] > of persons engaged in a meeting a1626 F. Bacon Advice to Villiers in (1854) II. 380/2 By the king's authority alone, and by his writs they are assembled..but each House may adjourn itself. 1641 in J. Rushworth (1692) I. 496 The Lords and Commons may Adjourn themselves to any place. 1670 A. Marvell Let. 15 Feb. in (1971) II. 96 The House..then adjourn'd themselues till Thursday. 1759 R. Jackson Contents The new Assembly, after a session of four days, suffered to adjourn themselves without proceeding to Business. 1850 1 Jan. 90 They thereupon adjourned themselves until the next evening. 1871 R. M. Johnston vi. 64 As the Court had not seen its family in two weeks, and as it was anxious to adjourn itself,..he therefore would suggest that..it might be continued generally until the next term. 1934 10 Apr. 14/4 The Bureau is..expected not merely to adjourn itself to a later date but to summon the General Commission. 2006 (Nexis) 30 Mar. a1 In the early afternoon of March 22, the committee adjourned itself without transacting any business, rather than hold a discussion. the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease activity or operation [verb (intransitive)] > of persons engaged in a meeting 1495 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §18. m. 13 The parliament..by dyvers prorogacions and adjornamentis, contynued and adjorned to dyvers other daies and places. 1562 R. Fills tr. f. 56 Thei may chaunge the dayes..and lykewise other actes iudiciall, as to adiorne, to leuy goods, & suche lyke. 1641 in J. Rushworth (1692) I. 496 Touching the Houses Adjourning to any other place at their pleasure. 1658 G. Wharton 5 The late Parliament..were called upon to Adjourn, and break up. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer V. xix. 289 The speedy Council at his Word adjourn'd. 1789 Mar. 229/1 The Lord Chancellor..presumed the same reasons that before..induced them to adjourn last Tuesday, would prevail for a further delay, and incline them to adjourn for a few days longer. 1859 Jan. 277/1 That dignified and luminous body had just adjourned for the day. 1897 S. G. Fisher iii. 83 The convention adjourned and readjourned repeatedly, moving about from place to place. 1902 J. Gairdner (1903) xii. 237 The Council..adjourned over the Christmas season. 1993 29 May i. 5/3 Edgar's amendatory veto came about four hours after lawmakers had adjourned for the Memorial Day holiday. society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] > commit to custody > commit for trial > on particular day c1430 (c1370) G. Chaucer (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1878) l. 158 Ladi on þat cuntre þu me adiurne [?a1450 Hunterian ajorne, c1450 Cambr. Ff.5.30 aiourne]..Þere as þat merci euere schal soiurne. c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss (1873) II. 33 (MED) And be tho iiij cheserys aiourned til the next grete court folwyng after to delyveryn up the panel of the names of the iurrours. 1530 J. Palsgrave 419/2 I adjourne, I monisshe or warne one to apere afore a judge at a daye certayne: Je semons. I am adjourned by the bysshops offycers. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini xviii. 1035 Suche as were absente..were adiorned and taxed at rates to nourishe the armie. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy xlii. xxii. 1128 The Pretour..adjourned [L. jussit] the defendant to make appearance in the court upon the Ides of March. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas ii. ii. 397 Wolues, and Panthers waxing meeke and tame,..Adiourn'd by Heau'n, did in my presence come. 1660 J. Howell Dict. To Adjourn, or Cite to Apeer, citare, appellare. 1793 tr. in J. Trapp (ed. 2) 47 The President should adjourn him two days, to be finally heard. 1853 Rep. Comm. Bankruptcy in XV. 52 If one man has behaved very badly, I adjourn him for a year or two, or three years, without protection. 1928 H. G. Richardson & G. O. Sayles (1981) v. 134 When the king was too busy to attend to the affairs of Nicholas of Weston at the Easter parliament of 1279, he adjourned him ‘to the following parliament’. II. General uses. the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) v. 2231 (MED) Þei hem cast þe tyme nat aiourne. 1589 W. Warner (new ed.) vi. xxxi. 136 My Deitie adiornde therefore, in humane forme I wooe. 1600 G. Chapman tr. Homer xvi. 74 No more let them ajourn Our sweet home-turning. 1671 T. Shadwell iv. 45 Now I think on't better, we must adjourn the Combate, for 'tis grown dark and we cannot see to kill one another. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer III. xii. 33 This day adjourn your cares. 1847 H. Bushnell 192 Every law of physiology must be adjourned. 1860 R. W. Emerson Power in (London ed.) 70 I adjourn what I have to say on this topic. 1916 A. Seeger 52 Midnight adjourns the festival. The couples climb the crowded stair. 1994 W. J. Ruhe (1996) iii. 107 The captain adjourned his Hearts game and came to the control room. 1649 No. 10. 85 After he had feasted them with anchovies, lobster and caviar, and bottles of Stipony, he for some weighty reasons adjourn'd into a withdrawing Chamber. 1749 S. Fielding 39 They agreed, when they came out of School, to adjourn into their Arbour, and divert themselves till Dinner-time. 1781 E. Gibbon III. xlviii. 25 From the church the people adjourned to the hippodrome. 1800 W. Cobbett in R. Polwhele (1826) II. 531 They adjourned from the porter-houses and gin-shops to the cheese-mongers and bakers. 1857 J. Fiske 4 Apr. (1940) 14 The ‘little boys’ adjourned to bed, and the ‘big boys’ and the company adjourned to the parlor. 1916 H. H. Peerless Diary 9 July in (2003) 217 We adjourn to the sands, charter four deckchairs, and watch the people bobbing in the surf. 1964 F. Bowers iii. i. 64 The entire printing-house had adjourned to the nearest pub and got drunk. 2001 13 Apr. ii. 2/2 And so we adjourn to Trafalgar Square, where..Neil and I are rounded on by a bouncer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  v.a1325 |
