defer

Definitions

1. verb

   To delay or postpone.

   Examples

   • We're going to defer the decision until we have all the facts.
   • Deferre the ſpoile of the Citie vntill night:
2. verb

   to postpone induction into military service.

3. verb

   After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).

4. verb

   To delay, to wait.

   Example

   • God […] will not long defer / To vindicate the glory of his name
5. verb

   To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.

   Examples

   • Hereupon the commissioners […] deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland.
   • "Defer/Defer/To the Lord High Executioner."
   ≈submit
6. verb

   To render, to offer.

   Example

   • worship deferred to the Virgin