ppl. a. [f. ADJOURN + -ED.]

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  † 1.  Cited, prop. for a fixed day; summoned. Obs.

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1577.  Fenton, Guicciardin, XVIII. (1599), 832. Such as were absent … were adiorned, and taxed at rates to nourish the armie.

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1608.  Sylvester, Dubartas, 243. Wolves and panthers waxing meek and tame,… Adjourned by Heaven, did in my presence com.

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  2.  Deferred, postponed; held over to another time.

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1699.  Dryden, Palam. & Arcite, III. 188. The day To distance driven, and joy adjourn’d with long delay.

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1876.  Freeman, Norm. Conq., II. vii. 147. Let the meeting stand adjourned.

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