ppl. a. [f. ADJOURN + -ED.]
† 1. Cited, prop. for a fixed day; summoned. Obs.
1577. Fenton, Guicciardin, XVIII. (1599), 832. Such as were absent were adiorned, and taxed at rates to nourish the armie.
1608. Sylvester, Dubartas, 243. Wolves and panthers waxing meek and tame, Adjourned by Heaven, did in my presence com.
2. Deferred, postponed; held over to another time.
1699. Dryden, Palam. & Arcite, III. 188. The day To distance driven, and joy adjournd with long delay.
1876. Freeman, Norm. Conq., II. vii. 147. Let the meeting stand adjourned.