Adjourn
Adjourn ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Old English ajornen, Old French ajoiner, ajurner, French ajourner; Old French a (Latin ad) + jor, jur, jorn, French jour, day, from Latin diurnus belonging to the day, from dies day. Compare Journal, Journey.]
To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate.
It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.
'Tis a needful fitness
That we adjourn this court till further day.
Adjourn , intransitive verb
To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day.