adjourned, ppl. a.
(əˈdʒɜːnd)
[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 adjourn'd with long delay. 1876 Freeman Norm. Conq. II. vii. 147 Let the meeting stand adjourned. |