Definition of defer

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Defer (v. t.) To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

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Deferred :: Deferred (imp. & p. p.) of Defe.
Delay :: Delay (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
Prolation :: Prolation (n.) The act of deferring; delay.
Worship :: Worship (a.) Honor; respect; civil deference.
Procrastinate :: Procrastinate (v. t.) To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance..
Deferentially :: Deferentially (adv.) With deference.
Homage :: Homage (n.) Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance..
Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.
Deferment :: Deferment (n.) The act of delaying; postponement.
Postpone :: Postpone (v. t.) To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely..
Deferent :: Deferent (a.) Serving to carry; bearing.
Defervescency :: Defervescency (n.) A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness.
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty..
Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
Respect :: Respect (v.) An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another..
Defervescency :: Defervescency (n.) The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia..
Deferent :: Deferent (n.) An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round..
Defervescence :: Defervescence (n.) Alt. of Defervescenc.
Forsooth :: Forsooth (n.) A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.
Deferring :: Deferring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defe.
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