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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Postpone \Post*pone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Postponed}; p. pr &
vb n. {Postponing}.] [L. postponere, postpositum post after
+ ponere to place put See {Post-}, and {Position}.]
1. To defer to a future or later time; to put off also to
cause to be deferred or put off to delay; to adjourn; as
to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following
day or indefinitely.
His praise postponed, and never to be paid.
--Cowper.
2. To place after behind, or below something in respect to
precedence, preference, value, or importance.
All other considerations should give way and be
postponed to this --Locke.
Syn: To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
postpone
v : hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: {hold
over}, {put over}, {table}, {shelve}, {set back}, {defer},
{remit}, {put off}]
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