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

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

Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner..

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..

Adjourn :: Adjourn (v. t.) To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate..

Delay :: Delay (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

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

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

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..

Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To render or offer.

Delay :: Delay (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.

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

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

Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage..

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..

Deferential :: Deferential (a.) Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.

Homage :: Homage (n.) Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance..

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..

Postponement :: Postponement (n.) The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay..

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