'Defer' definitions:

Definition of 'defer'

From: WordNet
verb
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]
verb
Yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer, accede, give in]

Definition of 'Defer'

From: GCIDE
  • Defer \De*fer"\, v. t. [F. d['e]f['e]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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Worship deferred to the Virgin. --Brevint. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to. [1913 Webster]
  • Hereupon the commissioners . . . deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Defer'

From: GCIDE
  • Defer \De*fer"\, v. i. To put off; to delay to act; to wait. [1913 Webster]
  • Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure. --J. A. Symonds. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Defer'

From: GCIDE
  • Defer \De*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deferred; p. pr. & vb. n. Deferring.] [OE. differren, F. diff['e]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. [1913 Webster]
  • Defer the spoil of the city until night. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • God . . . will not long defer To vindicate the glory of his name. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Defer'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The house, deferring to legal right, acquiesced. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'defer'

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