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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.
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