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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Defer \De*fer"\, v. i. To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to The house, deferring to legal right acquiesced. --Bancroft. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Defer \De*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deferred}; p. pr & vb n. {Deferring}.] [OE. differren F. diff['e]rer, fr L. differre to delay, bear different ways; dis- + ferre to bear. See {Bear} to support, and cf {Differ}, {Defer} to offer.] To put off to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of to delay; to withhold. Defer the spoil of the city until night. --Shak. God . . . will not long defer To vindicate the glory of his name --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Defer \De*fer"\, v. i. To put off to delay to act to wait. Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure. --J. A. Symonds From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Defer \De*fer"\, v. t. [F. d['e]f['e]rer to pay deference, to yield, to bring before a judge, fr L. deferre to bring down de- + ferre to bear. See {Bear} to support, and cf {Defer} to delay, {Delate}.] 1. To render or offer. [Obs.] Worship deferred to the Virgin. --Brevint. 2. To lay before to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to Hereupon the commissioners . . . deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: defer v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: {postpone}, {hold over}, {put over}, {table}, {shelve}, {set back}, {remit}, {put off}] 2: submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: {submit}, {bow}, {accede}, {give in}]
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