Thesaurus: defer

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1. v. t. To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.
2. v. i. To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
3. v. t. To render or offer.
4. v. t. To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.
5. v. i. To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to.
6. v. hold back to a later time
7. v. yield to another's wish or opinion
8. 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. To put off; to delay to act; to wait. Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure. J. A. Symonds. 1. To render or offer. [Obs.] 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. 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.
9. To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay theexecution 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.
10. v:100 v hold back to a later time v yield to another's wish or opinion