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Defer v. t. (past & past part. deferred; pres. part. deferring) 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." "God... will not long defer To vindicate the glory of his name."

Defer v. t.

To render or offer. (Obs.) "Worship deferred to the Virgin."

To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; with to. "Hereupon the commissioners... deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland."

Defer v. i. To put off; to delay to act; to wait. "Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure."

Defer 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."

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"Defer" Quotes from Famous Books

... to-morrow to consider of it, and defer the garnishing of the walls a day later," said Mr. Carlyle, a serious tone peeping out in the ...

— East Lynne • Mrs. Henry Wood

... about writing to say that I would obey your summons, and steal two or three days next week from my work to visit you, when a piece of information reached me, which has caused me, for your sake, to defer my journey. Perhaps you can guess what it is. You have too often expressed your fears of C.'s return to be surprised at their fulfilment, but I grieve to have to add to your anxieties at this moment by telling you that he is really in this neighbourhood. ...

— A Canadian Heroine, Volume 1 - A Novel • Mrs. Harry Coghill

... soft state of the snow we were obliged to defer the commencement of our return journey to the evening of the 16th. We now travelled over the chain of hills which unites Table Mount with Tenen, and descended their northern steep slope towards an extensive plain, studded for the most part with bogs and marshes. The 17th came in with ...

— The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II • A.E. Nordenskieold

... but why should I defer till then? My blood calls now, there is no truce for traitors; My vengeance rolls within my breast; it must, ...

— The Works of John Dryden, Vol. 6 (of 18) - Limberham; Oedipus; Troilus and Cressida; The Spanish Friar • John Dryden

... was given. I am a mean man; I acknowledge it—I am narrow and vindictive, but I would have made a confession of the manner of Dan's death rather than to see Alf hanged. I knew that there would be a new trial; I intended to leave the community and I resolved to defer my statement until just before going. That about covers the case, ...

— The Jucklins - A Novel • Opie Read

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