[ ə'dʒə:n ]
■ verb
1》 break off (a meeting) with the intention of resuming it later.
2》 postpone (a resolution or sentence).
Derivatives
~ment noun
Origin
ME (in the sense 'summon someone to appear on a particular day'): from OFr. ajorner , from the phr. a jorn (nome) 'to an (appointed) day'.