adjourn

 
Pronunciation: /əˈdʒəːn/

verb

[with object]
  • break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later: the meeting was adjourned until December 4 [no object]: let’s adjourn and reconvene at 2 o’clock
  • [no object, with adverbial] (of a group of people) go somewhere for rest or refreshment: they adjourned to a local pub
  • put off or postpone (a resolution or sentence): sentence was adjourned for a social inquiry report

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'summon someone to appear on a particular day'): from Old French ajorner, from the phrase a jorn (nome) 'to an (appointed) day'