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

Procrastinator :: Procrastinator (n.) One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything..

Tarry :: Tarry (v. t.) To delay; to defer; to put off.

Deferring :: Deferring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defe.

Respect :: Respect (v.) An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another..

Deferred :: Deferred (imp. & p. p.) of Defe.

Defervescency :: Defervescency (n.) The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia..

Forsooth :: Forsooth (adv.) In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously..

Honor :: Honor (n.) To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship..

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..

Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to..

Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.

Deferent :: Deferent (n.) That which carries or conveys.

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..

Forsooth :: Forsooth (n.) A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.

Deferent :: Deferent (a.) Serving to carry; bearing.

Melotype :: Melotype (n.) A picture produced by a process in which development after exposure may be deferred indefinitely, so as to permit transportation of exposed plates; also, the process itself..

Non Liquet :: Non liquet () It is not clear; -- a verdict given by a jury when a matter is to be deferred to another day of trial.

Deferment :: Deferment (n.) The act of delaying; postponement.

Deference :: Deference (n.) A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.

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