Defer definitions

Defer

1) Accede 2) Bow 3) Delay 4) Holdover 5) Postpone 6) Prorogue 7) Shelve 8) Suspend
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Defer

1) Accede 2) Delay 3) Dissuade stag with force 4) French word used in English 5) Hold back to a later time 6) Hold in abeyance 7) Hold off 8) Hold off being freed 9) Hold over 10) Indefinitely freed criminal 11) Lay over 12) Pass the buck 13) Postpone 14) Postpone an action 15) Postpone being freed
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Defer

• (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 lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to. • (v. t.) To render or offer. • (v. i.) To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit...
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Defer

De·fer' intransitive verb To put off; to delay to act; to wait. « Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure.» J. A. Symonds.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/23

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Defer

De·fer' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Deferred ; present participle & verbal noun Deferring .] [ Middle English differren , French différer , from Latin differre to delay, bear different ways; d...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/23

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defer

postpone give way (to show respect) 
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defer

accede verb submit or yield to another`s wish or opinion; `The government bowed to the military pressure`
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974

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