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defer

v. t. [OE. differren, F. diffrer, 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.)

v. i. To put off; to delay to act; to wait. ()

Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure. (J. A. Symonds.)

v. t. [F. dfrer to pay deference, to yield, to bring before a judge, fr. L. deferre to bring down; de- + ferre to bear. See Bear to support, and cf. Defer to delay, Delate.]1. To render or offer. ()

Worship deferred to the Virgin. (Brevint.)

2. To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to. ()

Hereupon the commissioners . . . deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland. (Bacon.)

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. (Bancroft.)