'Delays' definitions:

Definition of 'Delays'

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  • Delay \De*lay"\, n.; pl. Delays. [F. d['e]lai, fr. OF. deleer to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. See Tolerate, and cf. Differ, Delay, v.] A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. [1913 Webster]
  • Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat. --Acts xxv. 17. [1913 Webster]
  • The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

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