transitive. To be slow or dilatory about; to lose or spoil by sloth; to delay, neglect, omit, put off. Also with infinitive object. Obsolete exc. ar…

transitive and intransitive. To put off to a later time, defer, delay.

transitive. To defer, delay; to neglect, omit.

transitive. To retard, delay (Old English only).

transitive. To lengthen, prolong; to delay.

transitive and absol. To delay, defer, put off.

transitive. To defer (something); to postpone, put off. Also with gerund or verbal noun as object.

transitive. To delay or put off (a journey).

transitive. To delay, retard, defer, put off (a thing, an action); to protract, prolong. Obsolete.

transitive. = adjourn, v. 2 3.

transitive. To delay.

transitive. To put off (action, procedure) to some later time; to delay, postpone.

To put off for a time, to postpone. Obsolete.

transitive. To postpone to a later time; to defer.

to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delay: to defer (something); to postpone. Obsolete.

transitive. To delay, defer.

To defer, put off.

transitive. To defer, postpone; = to put off 1 at phrasal verbs 1. Now chiefly North American.

transitive. To delay, to put off; to be careless about, to neglect. Also with infinitive clause as object. Obsolete.

transitive. To postpone, defer, or put off to another day, to a later time, or indefinitely.

transitive. To delay, postpone, put off (an action or event). Also with infinitive as object. Obsolete.

transitive. To put off, postpone; = prolong, v. 2a.

transitive. To adjourn, postpone; to defer, put off.

to put in respite: to delay, postpone; to put in abeyance. Now rare.

transitive. To delay, put off, neglect.

transitive. To delay, postpone, put off. Obsolete.

transitive. To put off for a time; to defer, postpone. Now rare.

= defer, v.1 2. transitive. Originally Scottish. With to, unto, till, until, or infinitive. Obsolete.

To put off or delay; to disregard, pay no attention to. Also with out. Obsolete.

Scottish. transitive. Chiefly Law. To postpone or suspend the effecting of, defer, put off.

transitive. = respite, v. (in various senses); to postpone, to suspend; to relieve temporarily. Obsolete.

transitive. To put off to the future; to arrange for (an event, etc.) to take place at a later time; to defer. Also intransitive.

transitive. To put off, postpone. Also intransitive. Obsolete.

transitive. Chiefly Law (originally Scots Law). To delay, put off, hold off from; (sometimes) spec. to postpone or adjourn (the hearing of a…

= adjourn, v. 1a(a).

transitive. To extend the duration of; to postpone.

transitive. To delay, retard. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To retard, delay.

transitive. To put off, delay; = tract, v.2 2.

transitive. To waste (time); to delay or postpone (a matter) by evasive excuses. Also intransitive.

To lengthen out, prolong, protract (time); to spend or waste in delay; to delay, put off.

transitive. To delay, put off, postpone (an action or event). Obsolete.

transitive. To put (an event) further; to defer, postpone. Obsolete.

Delay, postponement, waiting. to make stay of: to withhold for a time; to postpone. Obsolete.

To put off, defer; to delay till the end of, overpass (the time for doing something). Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To defer, postpone; = prorogue, v. 2. Now rare.

to fay upon long: to fix at a distant point (in time); to postpone. Obsolete.

transitive. To cause to linger; to prolong, protract, draw out (the time, a business, etc.); also, to delay, put off, defer. Obsolete.

transitive. To put off to a later time; to defer, postpone, delay.

To put off, delay. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. = procrastinate, v. 2.

transitive. To postpone, delay, put off. Also intransitive. Obsolete.

transitive. To postpone, put off, defer. Now rare.

transitive. To keep in abeyance; to defer.

transitive. To cause or arrange for (an action, a subject of consideration, etc.) to be done or dealt with at a later time, to postpone. With for or…

To pass, get through (a period of time); to ‘kill’ time. Also, to put off, defer. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.

To put off to a later time or occasion; to defer, postpone. Obsolete or merged in other senses.

transitive. To postpone till another day; to put off; to defer, delay.

transitive. To put off or defer by trifling. In earlier use to dally off; cf. to dally out at sense 3b. Obsolete.

transitive. To postpone, defer, or delay (a decision, a response, a payment, etc.); to put off for the time. With off, over. Obsolete.

transitive. To keep off, away, or at a distance; to put off, delay.

transitive. To put off, delay, defer; = drive, v. 31. Scottish. Obsolete.

transitive. To postpone getting or giving (something). Obsolete.

transitive. To place (a person or thing) after or later than another in temporal or serial order, esp. as an indication of relative importance; to…

to take one's (own) time: to allow oneself sufficient time to do something; not to hurry over something; (hence) to take too long to do something…

transitive. Hence To allow or cause to become languid; to be tardy in prosecuting (a purpose); to deprive of vigour, animation, or energy; to…

To hinder, retard, delay.

To retard, delay; to retard the growth of.

spec. figurative. To forestall, make preparations for. Obsolete.

transitive. To cause to tarry; to put off, delay.

transitive. To make tardy; to delay, retard, keep back.

To put ‘on the shelf’ or into abeyance; to keep back, delay, detain for an indefinite time. Also to hang it up: to chalk it up, to give credit. slang.

transitive. To put off, delay (a thing); to postpone the enjoyment of.

transitive. To put off from the day appointed.

transitive. To make future, put off to a future day. Also absol.

transitive. To put off, defer. Obsolete. rare.

To abstain from entering upon (an action, inquiry, a discussion, subject of consideration). Often with some notion of reserving for a future…

transitive. To put off for a time. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To defer until the day after tomorrow; to postpone for a day. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. Chiefly to stave off. To ward off (something undesirable or hurtful); to prevent the occurrence or event of; to keep back, delay. Also…

transitive. To retard, delay.

transitive. To subject to a hindrance; to delay (see remora, n. 2a).

transitive. To cause to occur at a later time; to defer; to delay. Cf. to put off 1 at phrasal verbs 1.

To defer, postpone. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To cause delay to, put off (a person). Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To reserve, hold over.

transitive. To retain or reserve till a later time; to keep for future consideration or action; to postpone.

transitive. To make late or later.

transitive. U.S. colloquial. To miss, allow to pass by; to postpone; to lay a temporary embargo on.

To keep back, detain, delay.

transitive. To postpone; to relegate to lesser importance. Frequently in passive.