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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Delay \De*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delayed}; p. pr & vb n. {Delaying}.] [OF. deleer, delaier, fr the noun d['e]lai, or directly fr L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off See {Delay}, n., and cf {Delate}, 1st {Defer}, {Dilate}.] 1. To put off to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before My lord delayeth his coming. --Matt. xxiv. 48. 2. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of as the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow. Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. --Milton. 3. To allay; to temper. [Obs.] The watery showers delay the raging wind. --Surrey.
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