de·fer 2 
(dĭ-fûr)
(dĭ-fûr)v. de·ferred, de·fer·ring, de·fers
v.intr.
To submit to the wish or decision of another, as in recognition of authority. See Synonyms at yield.
v.tr.
To commit or entrust to another: The principal deferred the decision to the school board.
[Middle English deferen, from Old French deferer, from Latin dēferre, to carry away, refer to : dē-, de- + ferre, to carry; see bher-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
de·ferrer n.
- radical mastectomy
- radicalness
- radical sign
- radicand
- radicchio
- radices
- radicle
- radii
- radio
- radio-
- radioactive
- radioactive decay
- radioactively
- radioactive series
- radioactivity
- radio astronomy
- radio beacon
- radio beam
- radiobiological
- radiobiologist
- radiobiology
- radiobroadcast
- radiocarbon
- radiocarbon dating
- radiochemical