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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.

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

Immediately :: Immediately (adv.) Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once.

Dilatory :: Dilatory (a.) Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.

Instant :: Instant (a.) Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.

Delayed :: Delayed (imp. & p. p.) of Dela.

Temporize :: Temporize (v. t.) To delay; to procrastinate.

Roundelay :: Roundelay (n.) Anything having a round form; a roundel.

Pause :: Pause (n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.

Ready :: Ready (adv.) In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.

Dally :: Dally (v. i.) To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle..

Delayment :: Delayment (n.) Hindrance.

Forslack :: Forslack (v. t.) To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth.

Drecche :: Drecche (v. i.) To delay.

Relay :: Relay (n.) A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay..

Ready :: Ready (superl.) Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished.

Dwell :: Dwell (v. i.) To delay; to linger.

Outright :: Outright (adv.) Immediately; without delay; at once; as, he was killed outright..

Away :: Away (adv.) On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away..

Belated :: Belated (a.) Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted.

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