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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Dutiful :: Dutiful (a.) Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection..
Forsooth :: Forsooth (n.) A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty..
Deferred :: Deferred (imp. & p. p.) of Defe.
Defervescence :: Defervescence (n.) Alt. of Defervescenc.
Delay :: Delay (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
Dutiful :: Dutiful (a.) Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject..
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..
Deferrer :: Deferrer (n.) One who defers or puts off.
Vasa Deferentia :: Vasa deferentia (pl. ) of Va.
Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business..
Postponement :: Postponement (n.) The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay..
Procrastinator :: Procrastinator (n.) One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything..
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..
Delay :: Delay (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage..
Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
Defervescency :: Defervescency (n.) The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia..
Prolation :: Prolation (n.) The act of deferring; delay.
Worship :: Worship (a.) Honor; respect; civil deference.
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