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Defer

Defer (defer)
v. t.(?)
De*fer"
[imp. *** p. p. Deferred (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Deferring.] [OE. differren, F. diffé]rer, fr. L. differre to delay, bear different ways; dis- + ferre to
  1. To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

    Defer the spoil of the city until night. Shak.

    God . . . will not long defer
    To vindicate the glory of his name.     Milton.

Defer

Defer (defer)
v. i.
De*fer"
  1. To put off; to delay to act; to wait.

    Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure. J. A. Symonds.

Defer

Defer (defer)
v. t.
De*fer"
  1. To render or offer.
    [Obs.]

    Worship deferred to the Virgin. Brevint.

  2. To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.

    Hereupon the commissioners . . . deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland. Bacon.

Defer

Defer (defer)
v. i.
De*fer"
  1. To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to.

    The house, deferring to legal right, acquiesced. Bancroft.













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