defer

[De*fer·]

Defer means to put off or delay. You can try to defer the inevitable by pushing “snooze” and falling back asleep, but eventually you're going to have to get up.

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To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

Verb
submit or yield to another''s wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"

Verb
hold back to a later time; "let''s postpone the exam"

v. t.
To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

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

v. t.
To render or offer.

v. t.
To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.

v. i.
To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to.

Defer

De*fer" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deferred ; p. pr. & vb. n. Deferring.] [OE. differren, F. diff'82rer, 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.

God . . . will not long defer To vindicate the glory of his name.

Defer

De*fer", v. i. To put off; to delay to act; to wait.

Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure.

Defer

De*fer", v. t. [F. d'82f'82rer 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. [Obs.]

Worship deferred to the Virgin.

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.

Defer

De*fer", 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.

To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

To put off; to delay to act; to wait.

To render or offer.

To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to.

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Usage Examples

Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.

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Other Usage Examples

Those people behind the mosque have to respect, have to appreciate and have to defer to the people of New York. The wound is still there. Just because the wound is healing you can't say, 'Let's just go back to where we were pre-9/11.