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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.

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

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..

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

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

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.

Defervescence :: Defervescence (n.) Alt. of Defervescenc.

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

Defervescency :: Defervescency (n.) A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness.

Deferrer :: Deferrer (n.) One who defers or puts off.

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..

Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business..

Epicycle :: Epicycle (n.) A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center..

Dilatory :: Dilatory (a.) Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant..

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..

Prolation :: Prolation (n.) The act of deferring; delay.

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..

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

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..

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