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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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..
Worship :: Worship (a.) Honor; respect; civil deference.
Delay :: Delay (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To render or offer.
Postponement :: Postponement (n.) The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay..
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..
Contango :: Contango (n.) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day..
Defervescency :: Defervescency (n.) The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia..
Deferential :: Deferential (a.) Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.
Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
Deferred :: Deferred (imp. & p. p.) of Defe.
Forsooth :: Forsooth (n.) A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.
Deference :: Deference (n.) A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.
Prolation :: Prolation (n.) The act of deferring; delay.
Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage..
Defervescency :: Defervescency (n.) A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness.
Immediate :: Immediate (a.) Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.
Procrastinator :: Procrastinator (n.) One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything..
Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner..
Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to..
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