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postpone |
2 definitions found 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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