Defer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Defer	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
defer v hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off] yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" Synonym(s): submit, bow, defer, accede, give in
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defer \Defer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deferring}.] [OE. differren, F. diff[82]rer, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defer \Defer"\, v. i. To put off; to delay to act; to wait. Pius was able to defer* and temporize at leisure. --J. A. Symonds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defer \De*fer"\, v. t. [F. d[82]f[82]rer 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. --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Bancroft.