deferv.¹

/dɪˈfəː/

Forms: Middle English–1600s differre, Middle English–1600s deferre, (Middle English defere, Middle English–1500s defar, defarre, dyfferre, 1600s deferr), Middle English–1600s differ, differr, 1500s differe, dyferre, dyffer, dyffer(r-), diffar(r-), 1500s–1600s differ(r-), Middle English– defer(r-). Inflexions deferred, deferring.

Etymology: Middle English differre-n , < Old French différer (il diffère ), 14th cent. in Littré, < Latin differre to carry apart, put off, postpone, delay, protract; also, intransitive, to bear in different directions, have diverse bearings, differ. Originally the same word as differ v. (see for the history of their differentiation), and often spelt differ in 16–17th cent.; but forms in de-, def-, are found from the 15th, and have prevailed, against the etymology, mainly from the stress being on the final syllable; but partly, perhaps, by association with delay.

†1.

a. transitive. To put on one side; to set aside. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > set aside

defer1393

to lay asidec1405

to set aside (on side)1412

side?1840

sidetrack1872

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 262 At mannes sighte Envie for to be preferred Hath conscience so differred, That no man loketh to the vice Whiche is the moder of malice.

c1430 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep 96 The Syrcumstaunce me lyst nat to defer.

c1430 J. Lydgate Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 14 Grace withe her lycour cristallyne and pure Defferrithe vengeaunce off ffuriose woodnes.

†b. To set or put ‘beside oneself’; to bereave of one's wits. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > drive mad [verb (transitive)]

turn1372

mada1425

overthrow?a1425

to go (also fall, run) mada1450

deferc1480

craze1503

to face (a person) out ofc1530

dement1545

distemper1581

shake1594

distract1600

to go (also run, set) a-madding (or on madding)1600

unwita1616

insaniate?1623

embedlama1628

dementate1628

crack1631

unreason1643

bemad1655

ecstasya1657

overset1695

madden1720

maddle1775

insanify1809

derange1825

bemoon1866

send (someone) up the wall1951

c1480 (a1400) St. Matthew 84 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 192 Quham þat þai [sc. two sorcerers] had euir marryte In þare wittis or differryte.

†c. reflexive. To withdraw or remove oneself. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (reflexive)]

fersec1000

teec1275

voida1387

withdraw1390

takea1393

avoida1400

devoida1400

shifta1400

avyec1440

trussa1450

deferc1480

remove1530

convey1535

subtractc1540

subduce1542

retire?1548

substract1549

room1566

to take off1620

to make oneself scarce1809

c1480 (a1400) St. Martha 171 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 290 Hely defere þe nocht fra me, bot in myn helpe no[v] haste þu þe!

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

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)]

forslowc888

eldc897

forsita940

gele971

lengOE

drilla1300

delayc1300

onfrestc1300

tarryc1320

jornc1330

dretchc1380

defer1382

forbida1387

to put offa1387

to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393

dilate1399

fordrawa1400

to put overc1410

latch?c1422

adjournc1425

prolongc1425

proloynec1425

rejournc1425

to put in respite1428

sleuthc1430

respitea1450

prorogue1453

refer1466

sleep1470

supersede1482

respectc1487

postpone1496

overseta1500

respett1500

enjourna1513

relong1523

retract1524

tarde1524

track1524

to fode forth1525

tract1527

protract1528

further1529

to make stay of1530

surcease1530

prorogate1534

to fay upon longc1540

linger1543

retard?1543

slake1544

procrastine1548

reprieve1548

remit1550

suspense1556

leave1559

shiftc1562

suspend1566

procrastinate1569

dally1574

post1577

to hold off1580

drift1584

loiter1589

postpose1598

to take one's (own) timea1602

flag1602

slug1605

elong1610

belay1613

demur1613

tardya1616

to hang up1623

frist1637

disjourn1642

future1642

off1642

waive1653

superannuate1655

perendinate1656

stave1664

detard1675

remora1686

to put back1718

withhold1726

protract1737

to keep over1847

to hold over1853

laten1860

to lay over1885

hold1891

back-burner1975

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Num. xxx. 15 If the man..into another day deferre the sentence.

14.. Prose Legends in Anglia VIII. 132 [She] differred þe questyone.

1483 Cath. Angl. 99 To Differ, differre, prolongare.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. vii. 104 The Lacedemonyens with drewe them self and differde the bataylle.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxiv. f. xxxv^v My master wyll differ his commynge.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. vii. 151 Soldiers, Deferre the spoile of the Citie vntill night.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxx. 183 Sometimes a Civill warre, may be differred, by such wayes.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 92. ¶2 I have deferred furnishing my Closet with Authors, till I receive your Advice.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iv. 499 O chosen by Heaven! defer one day thy march.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xvi. 194 She deferred writing the irrevocable words of parting from all her little world.

b. Const. with infinitive ? Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1426 H. Beaufort in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 102 He hath long differred to parfourme them.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7118 To wende hame þai noȝt deferde.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. x. C The Sonne..dyfferred to go downe for the space of a whole daye after.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Psalms lxxix. Comm. How long wilt thou differre to heare our prayer?

a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 880 Neither did he long defer to put those Jews to death.

1709 F. Atterbury Serm. St. Bridget's Church in Serm. & Discourses (1766) II. 228 The longer thou deferrest to be acquainted with them, the less every day thou wilt find thyself disposed to them.

c. absol. or intransitive. To delay, procrastinate: rarely with off.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)]

geleOE

studegieOE

abideOE

to do in or a (= on) fristc1175

dwellc1175

demurc1230

targec1250

dretcha1325

tarrya1375

sojourn1377

defer1382

letc1385

hinderc1386

blina1400

delay?a1400

honea1400

litea1400

overbidea1400

prolongc1425

supersede1433

hoverc1440

tarrowc1480

sunyie1488

stay?a1500

sleep1519

slack1530

protract1540

linger1548

procrastinate1548

slackc1560

slug1565

jauk1568

temporize1579

detract1584

longering1587

sit1591

prorogue1593

to time it out1613

to lie out1640

crastinate1656

taigle17..

to hang fire1782

to hold off1790

to hang it on1819

prevaricate1854

to lie over1856

to tread water1942

to drag one's feet1946

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. vii. 10 So that he scater hem, and ferther differre not [a1425 L.V. differr [v.r. tarie] no lengere].

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7523 He defard, and walde noȝt trus.

?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 144 Whyles he desired, they deferred.

1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. D4 Deferre not off to morrow is too late.

1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. i. ii. 139 God differr's on purpose that our trials may bee perfect.

1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 245 The longer thou puts off and defferes the more unfit thou shalt be to repent.

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 18 Be wise to day, 'tis madness to defer.

1771 P. Parsons Newmarket I. 21 I have waited (demurred, my gentle reader, if you be a lawyer, deferred, if you be a divine)..a full year.

3. transitive. To put off (a person or matter) to a future occasion:

†a. a person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] > a person

tarry1340

deferc1384

delaya1425

prolongc1425

supersede1517

postpone1518

linger1534

belate1642

while off1646

remit1663

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxiv. 22 Sothli Felix deferride hem [L.V. a1425 Royal delayede, 1408 Fairf. adds ether differride; 1526 Tyndale differde, 1539 Great deferede, 1560 Geneva differed, 1582 Rheims differred, 1611 King James deferred].

?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xi. sig. C4^v Men be differyd from tyme to tyme, yea from yere to yere.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 137 If it seem good to thy wisdome to deferre me.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxxviii. 440 He was deferred until Monday.

b. a time, matter, question.

ΚΠ

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lvii^v Where they two borewed they promys to pay thre Their day of payment lenger to defarre.

1536 Exhort. fr. North 135 in F. J. Furnivall Ballads from MSS I. 309 Differ not your matteres tyll a new ȝere.

1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 95 Which conserveth the good health of man's body, prolongeth a man's youth, differeth age.

1559 Willock Lett. to Crosraguell in Keith Hist. Church Sc. App. 198 (Jam.) I wold aske quhilk of us differreth the Caus.

1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xiii. 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sicke.

c. To relegate to a later part of a treatise.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > present by literary treatment > remit treatment of to another place

defera1538

refer1559

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 82 Let us not entur in to thys dysputatyon now, but..dyffer hyt to hys place.

1558 J. Knox First Blast against Monstruous Regiment Women f. 39 The admonition I differre to the end.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Nn5^v I had differred it till the end of the sermon.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 39 Which I choose, rather than trouble the Reader with a detail..here, to deferr to their proper place.

1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 284 It has been found necessary to defer them to the Appendix.

†4.

a. To put off (time), waste in delay. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > waste time

leese?c1225

losea1340

defer1382

wastea1400

slip1435

consumea1500

superexpend1513

slow?1522

sloth1523

to fode forth1525

slack1548

dree1584

sleuth1584

confound1598

spenda1604

to fret out1608

to spin out1608

misplace1609

spend1614

tavern1628

devast1632

to drill away, on, outa1656

dulla1682

to dally away1685

squander1693

to linger awaya1704

dangle1727

dawdle1768

slim1812

diddle1826

to run out the clock1957

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xii. 22 Dais shulen be differrid, or drawen, in to loong [a1425 L.V. differrid in to long tyme].

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxxiiij Not mynding to differre the time any farther.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 47^v Idle to defer the time lyke Saint George, who is euer on horse backe yet neuer rydeth.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. iii. 16 Deferre no time, delayes haue dangerous ends.

1633 G. Herbert Deniall in Temple vi O cheer and tune my heartlesse breast, Deferre no time.

†b. To protract; also intransitive to linger. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong

lengOE

drawOE

teec1200

forlengtha1300

lengtha1300

drivec1300

tarryc1320

proloynec1350

continuec1380

to draw alonga1382

longa1382

dretch1393

conservea1398

to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400

prorogue1419

prolongc1425

aroomc1440

prorogate?a1475

protend?a1475

dilate1489

forlong1496

relong1523

to draw out1542

sustentate1542

linger1543

defer1546

pertract1548

propagate1548

protract1548

linger1550

lengthen1555

train1556

detract?a1562

to make forth (long, longer)1565

stretch1568

extend1574

extenuate1583

dree1584

wire-draw1598

to spin out1603

trail1604

disabridge1605

produce1605

continuate1611

out-length1617

spin1629

to eke out1641

producta1670

prolongate1671

drawl1694

drag1697

perennate1698

string1867

perennialize1898

the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > grow longer or extend > be tediously protracted

in a person's fingers1469

defer1546

drag1735

linger1836

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. xii. 24 a The Warres were longe differred.

1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc iv. ii Why to this houre Have kind and fortune thus deferred my breath?

1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 42^v If the disease woulde differre, and the jaundis woulde not voyde.

Draft additions 1993

d. To postpone the military call-up of (a person, esp. one in a protected occupation). Usually in passive. U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist (soldiers) [verb (transitive)] > postpone call-up of

defer1941

1941 Nation (N.Y.) 17 May 596/1 The national draft board should promulgate a ruling to the effect that no worker deferred because of his employment in defense shall lose that deferment merely because he joins his fellow-workers in a strike.

1951 Senior Scholastic 25 Apr. 12/2 (heading) Should superior college students be deferred?

1969 M. Puzo Godfather i. i. 62 Paulie Gatto had been deferred from the draft himself because [he]..had received electrical shock treatments for a mental condition.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

deferv.²

/dɪˈfəː/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s differ, 1500s–1600s deferre, (1700s defere). Inflexions deferred, deferring.

Etymology: < French déférer (il défère), 16th cent. in Littré (defferer 14th cent. in Godefroy Suppl.), in same sense as English, < Latin dēferre to bring or carry away, convey down, to bring or carry with reference to destination, to confer, deliver, transfer, grant, give, to report, to refer (a matter) to any one; < de- prefix 1a, 1b + ferre to bear, carry.

†1. transitive. To carry down or away; to convey (to some place); to bring away. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > to a particular point

delate1578

defer1626

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §254 I do not think that if a Sound should pass through divers mediums..it would deliver the Sound in a differing place, from that unto which it is deferred.

1654 R. Codrington tr. Sextus Aurelius Victor Coll. Lives Emperors in tr. Justinus Hist. 552 He was so much amazed at it, that he could not forbear to vomit or defer the forced burthen of his belly.

†2. To offer, proffer, tender; in Law, to offer for acceptance. Const. to, rarely on. to defer an oath = French déférer un serment, Latin deferre jusjurandum. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > offer [verb (transitive)]

i-bedea800

bidOE

make?a1160

forthc1200

bihedec1275

proffera1325

yielda1382

dressc1384

to serve fortha1393

dight1393

pretend1398

nurnc1400

offerc1425

profita1450

tent1459

tend1475

exhibit1490

propine1512

presentc1515

oblate1548

pretence1548

defer?1551

to hold forth1560

prefer1567

delatea1575

to give forth1584

tender1587

oppose1598

to hold out1611

shore1787

?1551 Sessions against Gardiner in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 782/2 Vpon a corporall othe to them deferred by the iudges.

1564 T. Harding Answere to Iuelles Chalenge xiv. f. 152 That godly worship which..of the diuines is called Latria: is deferred onely to the blessed Trinitie.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxx. 177 To deferre to them any obedience, or honour.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 172 Apuleius..does in vain defer or bestow this honor on those Demons.

1767 G. Lyttelton Hist. Henry II I. 307 How very wonderful is it..that all the princes.., when a king renowned for his valour..was actually at their head, should defer the command to a monk.

a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. liii. 894 Until he accept the inheritance, he has a right deferred or proffered by the law (jus delatum) but he has not a right fully acquired (jus acquisitum).

†3. To submit (a matter to a person, etc.) for determination or judgement; to refer. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > ask advice of or seek counsel from > refer (a matter, etc.) to a higher authority

submitc1449

refer1469

defer1490

reject1533

to put over1573

revoke1599

consult1618

compromise1651

subcommit1652

relegate1846

1490 Acta Dom. Conc. 204 (Jam.) The lordis will differ the hale mater to the said Robert spoussis aitht.

1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 345/1 This matter was deferred of both partes to the sentence of the kyng.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 160 in Justice Vindicated We teach, that among Priests there be no strifes and wrangling, nor let them be deferred to the Secular power.

1691 Blair in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 4 The council, he said, would defer it to the committee for plantations.

†4. absol. To refer for information to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > provide with references

defer?1551

reference1876

?1551 Sessions against Gardiner in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 797/2 Concernynge the depositions of this Lorde Paget, here producted, we differ to the xx. Act, where you shal fynde hym examined.

†5. intransitive (for reflexive). To submit oneself to. Scottish. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > submit [verb (intransitive)]

onboweOE

bowa1000

abeyc1300

yielda1330

loutc1330

couchc1386

to come to a person's mercy?a1400

to do (also put) oneself in (also to) a person's mercya1400

hielda1400

underlouta1400

foldc1400

to come (also to put oneself) in a person's willc1405

subjectc1475

defer1479

avale1484

to come in1485

submita1525

stoop1530

subscribe1556

compromit1590

warpa1592

to yield (also bow oneself) to (also upon) mercy1595

to come in will to a person1596

lead1607

knuckle1735

snool1786

1479 Acta Dom. Audit. 90 (Jam.) Decretis..that Johne Stewart..sall..pay to Archibald Forester of Corstorfin xx L yerly of viii yeris bigain..becauss the said Archibald differit to his aith, and he refusit to suere in presens of the lordis.

1490 Acta Dom. Conc. 194 (Jam.) The lordis aboue writtin wald nocht defer to the said excepcioun.

6. intransitive. To submit in opinion or judgement to; to pay deference to.It is probably with reference to this that Evelyn, 1667 ( Mem. III. 161 ed. 1857), says, We have hardly any words that do..fully express the French emotion, defer, effort.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (transitive)]

followOE

honourc1275

regard1526

to take off one's hat1571

respect1576

to see unto ——1579

suspect1590

honestate1623

defer1686

consider1692

to look up to1719

to have no (a lot of, etc.) time for1938

the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] > to a person

agree1526

concede1626

defer1686

society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > submit to [verb (transitive)]

undergangc1000

undergoc1175

abidec1275

bidec1275

shootc1275

undergoc1315

submit1397

incline?a1400

vail1610

cede1633

defer1686

1686 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Ἀνεκδοτα Ἑτερουιακα 306 They not only deferred to his counsels in publick assemblies, but he was moreover the umpire of domestic matters.

1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 8 How far we must defere to his Authority?

1792 E. Burke Let. to H. Langrishe in Wks. (1842) I. 543 If you had not deferred to the judgment of others.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. ix. 317 Philip..had the good sense to defer to the long experience and the wisdom of his father.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 31 And let me warn my mother, Wise as she is, that she defer to Jove.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	defer
释义	deferv.¹ /dɪˈfəː/ Forms: Middle English–1600s differre, Middle English–1600s deferre, (Middle English defere, Middle English–1500s defar, defarre, dyfferre, 1600s deferr), Middle English–1600s differ, differr, 1500s differe, dyferre, dyffer, dyffer(r-), diffar(r-), 1500s–1600s differ(r-), Middle English– defer(r-). Inflexions deferred, deferring. Etymology: Middle English differre-n , < Old French différer (il diffère ), 14th cent. in Littré, < Latin differre to carry apart, put off, postpone, delay, protract; also, intransitive, to bear in different directions, have diverse bearings, differ. Originally the same word as differ v. (see for the history of their differentiation), and often spelt differ in 16–17th cent.; but forms in de-, def-, are found from the 15th, and have prevailed, against the etymology, mainly from the stress being on the final syllable; but partly, perhaps, by association with delay. †1. a. transitive. To put on one side; to set aside. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > set aside defer1393 to lay asidec1405 to set aside (on side)1412 side?1840 sidetrack1872 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 262 At mannes sighte Envie for to be preferred Hath conscience so differred, That no man loketh to the vice Whiche is the moder of malice. c1430 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep 96 The Syrcumstaunce me lyst nat to defer. c1430 J. Lydgate Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 14 Grace withe her lycour cristallyne and pure Defferrithe vengeaunce off ffuriose woodnes. †b. To set or put ‘beside oneself’; to bereave of one's wits. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > drive mad [verb (transitive)] turn1372 mada1425 overthrow?a1425 to go (also fall, run) mada1450 deferc1480 craze1503 to face (a person) out ofc1530 dement1545 distemper1581 shake1594 distract1600 to go (also run, set) a-madding (or on madding)1600 unwita1616 insaniate?1623 embedlama1628 dementate1628 crack1631 unreason1643 bemad1655 ecstasya1657 overset1695 madden1720 maddle1775 insanify1809 derange1825 bemoon1866 send (someone) up the wall1951 c1480 (a1400) St. Matthew 84 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 192 Quham þat þai [sc. two sorcerers] had euir marryte In þare wittis or differryte. †c. reflexive. To withdraw or remove oneself. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (reflexive)] fersec1000 teec1275 voida1387 withdraw1390 takea1393 avoida1400 devoida1400 shifta1400 avyec1440 trussa1450 deferc1480 remove1530 convey1535 subtractc1540 subduce1542 retire?1548 substract1549 room1566 to take off1620 to make oneself scarce1809 c1480 (a1400) St. Martha 171 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 290 Hely defere þe nocht fra me, bot in myn helpe no[v] haste þu þe! 2. a. transitive. To put off (action, procedure) to some later time; to delay, postpone. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Num. xxx. 15 If the man..into another day deferre the sentence. 14.. Prose Legends in Anglia VIII. 132 [She] differred þe questyone. 1483 Cath. Angl. 99 To Differ, differre, prolongare. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. vii. 104 The Lacedemonyens with drewe them self and differde the bataylle. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxiv. f. xxxv^v My master wyll differ his commynge. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. vii. 151 Soldiers, Deferre the spoile of the Citie vntill night. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxx. 183 Sometimes a Civill warre, may be differred, by such wayes. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 92. ¶2 I have deferred furnishing my Closet with Authors, till I receive your Advice. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iv. 499 O chosen by Heaven! defer one day thy march. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xvi. 194 She deferred writing the irrevocable words of parting from all her little world. b. Const. with infinitive ? Obsolete. ΚΠ 1426 H. Beaufort in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 102 He hath long differred to parfourme them. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7118 To wende hame þai noȝt deferde. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. x. C The Sonne..dyfferred to go downe for the space of a whole daye after. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Psalms lxxix. Comm. How long wilt thou differre to heare our prayer? a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 880 Neither did he long defer to put those Jews to death. 1709 F. Atterbury Serm. St. Bridget's Church in Serm. & Discourses (1766) II. 228 The longer thou deferrest to be acquainted with them, the less every day thou wilt find thyself disposed to them. c. absol. or intransitive. To delay, procrastinate: rarely with off. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] geleOE studegieOE abideOE to do in or a (= on) fristc1175 dwellc1175 demurc1230 targec1250 dretcha1325 tarrya1375 sojourn1377 defer1382 letc1385 hinderc1386 blina1400 delay?a1400 honea1400 litea1400 overbidea1400 prolongc1425 supersede1433 hoverc1440 tarrowc1480 sunyie1488 stay?a1500 sleep1519 slack1530 protract1540 linger1548 procrastinate1548 slackc1560 slug1565 jauk1568 temporize1579 detract1584 longering1587 sit1591 prorogue1593 to time it out1613 to lie out1640 crastinate1656 taigle17.. to hang fire1782 to hold off1790 to hang it on1819 prevaricate1854 to lie over1856 to tread water1942 to drag one's feet1946 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. vii. 10 So that he scater hem, and ferther differre not [a1425 L.V. differr [v.r. tarie] no lengere]. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7523 He defard, and walde noȝt trus. ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 144 Whyles he desired, they deferred. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. D4 Deferre not off to morrow is too late. 1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. i. ii. 139 God differr's on purpose that our trials may bee perfect. 1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 245 The longer thou puts off and defferes the more unfit thou shalt be to repent. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 18 Be wise to day, 'tis madness to defer. 1771 P. Parsons Newmarket I. 21 I have waited (demurred, my gentle reader, if you be a lawyer, deferred, if you be a divine)..a full year. 3. transitive. To put off (a person or matter) to a future occasion: †a. a person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] > a person tarry1340 deferc1384 delaya1425 prolongc1425 supersede1517 postpone1518 linger1534 belate1642 while off1646 remit1663 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxiv. 22 Sothli Felix deferride hem [L.V. a1425 Royal delayede, 1408 Fairf. adds ether differride; 1526 Tyndale differde, 1539 Great deferede, 1560 Geneva differed, 1582 Rheims differred, 1611 King James deferred]. ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xi. sig. C4^v Men be differyd from tyme to tyme, yea from yere to yere. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 137 If it seem good to thy wisdome to deferre me. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxxviii. 440 He was deferred until Monday. b. a time, matter, question. ΚΠ 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lvii^v Where they two borewed they promys to pay thre Their day of payment lenger to defarre. 1536 Exhort. fr. North 135 in F. J. Furnivall Ballads from MSS I. 309 Differ not your matteres tyll a new ȝere. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 95 Which conserveth the good health of man's body, prolongeth a man's youth, differeth age. 1559 Willock Lett. to Crosraguell in Keith Hist. Church Sc. App. 198 (Jam.) I wold aske quhilk of us differreth the Caus. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xiii. 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sicke. View more context for this quotation c. To relegate to a later part of a treatise. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > present by literary treatment > remit treatment of to another place defera1538 refer1559 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 82 Let us not entur in to thys dysputatyon now, but..dyffer hyt to hys place. 1558 J. Knox First Blast against Monstruous Regiment Women f. 39 The admonition I differre to the end. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Nn5^v I had differred it till the end of the sermon. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 39 Which I choose, rather than trouble the Reader with a detail..here, to deferr to their proper place. 1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 284 It has been found necessary to defer them to the Appendix. †4. a. To put off (time), waste in delay. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > waste time leese?c1225 losea1340 defer1382 wastea1400 slip1435 consumea1500 superexpend1513 slow?1522 sloth1523 to fode forth1525 slack1548 dree1584 sleuth1584 confound1598 spenda1604 to fret out1608 to spin out1608 misplace1609 spend1614 tavern1628 devast1632 to drill away, on, outa1656 dulla1682 to dally away1685 squander1693 to linger awaya1704 dangle1727 dawdle1768 slim1812 diddle1826 to run out the clock1957 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xii. 22 Dais shulen be differrid, or drawen, in to loong [a1425 L.V. differrid in to long tyme]. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxxiiij Not mynding to differre the time any farther. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 47^v Idle to defer the time lyke Saint George, who is euer on horse backe yet neuer rydeth. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. iii. 16 Deferre no time, delayes haue dangerous ends. View more context for this quotation 1633 G. Herbert Deniall in Temple vi O cheer and tune my heartlesse breast, Deferre no time. †b. To protract; also intransitive to linger. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong lengOE drawOE teec1200 forlengtha1300 lengtha1300 drivec1300 tarryc1320 proloynec1350 continuec1380 to draw alonga1382 longa1382 dretch1393 conservea1398 to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400 prorogue1419 prolongc1425 aroomc1440 prorogate?a1475 protend?a1475 dilate1489 forlong1496 relong1523 to draw out1542 sustentate1542 linger1543 defer1546 pertract1548 propagate1548 protract1548 linger1550 lengthen1555 train1556 detract?a1562 to make forth (long, longer)1565 stretch1568 extend1574 extenuate1583 dree1584 wire-draw1598 to spin out1603 trail1604 disabridge1605 produce1605 continuate1611 out-length1617 spin1629 to eke out1641 producta1670 prolongate1671 drawl1694 drag1697 perennate1698 string1867 perennialize1898 the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > grow longer or extend > be tediously protracted in a person's fingers1469 defer1546 drag1735 linger1836 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. xii. 24 a The Warres were longe differred. 1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc iv. ii Why to this houre Have kind and fortune thus deferred my breath? 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 42^v If the disease woulde differre, and the jaundis woulde not voyde. Draft additions 1993 d. To postpone the military call-up of (a person, esp. one in a protected occupation). Usually in passive. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist (soldiers) [verb (transitive)] > postpone call-up of defer1941 1941 Nation (N.Y.) 17 May 596/1 The national draft board should promulgate a ruling to the effect that no worker deferred because of his employment in defense shall lose that deferment merely because he joins his fellow-workers in a strike. 1951 Senior Scholastic 25 Apr. 12/2 (heading) Should superior college students be deferred? 1969 M. Puzo Godfather i. i. 62 Paulie Gatto had been deferred from the draft himself because [he]..had received electrical shock treatments for a mental condition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). deferv.² /dɪˈfəː/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s differ, 1500s–1600s deferre, (1700s defere). Inflexions deferred, deferring. Etymology: < French déférer (il défère), 16th cent. in Littré (defferer 14th cent. in Godefroy Suppl.), in same sense as English, < Latin dēferre to bring or carry away, convey down, to bring or carry with reference to destination, to confer, deliver, transfer, grant, give, to report, to refer (a matter) to any one; < de- prefix 1a, 1b + ferre to bear, carry. †1. transitive. To carry down or away; to convey (to some place); to bring away. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > to a particular point delate1578 defer1626 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §254 I do not think that if a Sound should pass through divers mediums..it would deliver the Sound in a differing place, from that unto which it is deferred. 1654 R. Codrington tr. Sextus Aurelius Victor Coll. Lives Emperors in tr. Justinus Hist. 552 He was so much amazed at it, that he could not forbear to vomit or defer the forced burthen of his belly. †2. To offer, proffer, tender; in Law, to offer for acceptance. Const. to, rarely on. to defer an oath = French déférer un serment, Latin deferre jusjurandum. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > offer [verb (transitive)] i-bedea800 bidOE make?a1160 forthc1200 bihedec1275 proffera1325 yielda1382 dressc1384 to serve fortha1393 dight1393 pretend1398 nurnc1400 offerc1425 profita1450 tent1459 tend1475 exhibit1490 propine1512 presentc1515 oblate1548 pretence1548 defer?1551 to hold forth1560 prefer1567 delatea1575 to give forth1584 tender1587 oppose1598 to hold out1611 shore1787 ?1551 Sessions against Gardiner in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 782/2 Vpon a corporall othe to them deferred by the iudges. 1564 T. Harding Answere to Iuelles Chalenge xiv. f. 152 That godly worship which..of the diuines is called Latria: is deferred onely to the blessed Trinitie. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxx. 177 To deferre to them any obedience, or honour. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 172 Apuleius..does in vain defer or bestow this honor on those Demons. 1767 G. Lyttelton Hist. Henry II I. 307 How very wonderful is it..that all the princes.., when a king renowned for his valour..was actually at their head, should defer the command to a monk. a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. liii. 894 Until he accept the inheritance, he has a right deferred or proffered by the law (jus delatum) but he has not a right fully acquired (jus acquisitum). †3. To submit (a matter to a person, etc.) for determination or judgement; to refer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > advise [verb (transitive)] > ask advice of or seek counsel from > refer (a matter, etc.) to a higher authority submitc1449 refer1469 defer1490 reject1533 to put over1573 revoke1599 consult1618 compromise1651 subcommit1652 relegate1846 1490 Acta Dom. Conc. 204 (Jam.) The lordis will differ the hale mater to the said Robert spoussis aitht. 1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 345/1 This matter was deferred of both partes to the sentence of the kyng. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 160 in Justice Vindicated We teach, that among Priests there be no strifes and wrangling, nor let them be deferred to the Secular power. 1691 Blair in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 4 The council, he said, would defer it to the committee for plantations. †4. absol. To refer for information to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > provide with references defer?1551 reference1876 ?1551 Sessions against Gardiner in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 797/2 Concernynge the depositions of this Lorde Paget, here producted, we differ to the xx. Act, where you shal fynde hym examined. †5. intransitive (for reflexive). To submit oneself to. Scottish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > submit [verb (intransitive)] onboweOE bowa1000 abeyc1300 yielda1330 loutc1330 couchc1386 to come to a person's mercy?a1400 to do (also put) oneself in (also to) a person's mercya1400 hielda1400 underlouta1400 foldc1400 to come (also to put oneself) in a person's willc1405 subjectc1475 defer1479 avale1484 to come in1485 submita1525 submita1525 stoop1530 subscribe1556 compromit1590 warpa1592 to yield (also bow oneself) to (also upon) mercy1595 to come in will to a person1596 lead1607 knuckle1735 snool1786 1479 Acta Dom. Audit. 90 (Jam.) Decretis..that Johne Stewart..sall..pay to Archibald Forester of Corstorfin xx L yerly of viii yeris bigain..becauss the said Archibald differit to his aith, and he refusit to suere in presens of the lordis. 1490 Acta Dom. Conc. 194 (Jam.) The lordis aboue writtin wald nocht defer to the said excepcioun. 6. intransitive. To submit in opinion or judgement to; to pay deference to.It is probably with reference to this that Evelyn, 1667 ( Mem. III. 161 ed. 1857), says, We have hardly any words that do..fully express the French emotion, defer, effort. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (transitive)] followOE honourc1275 regard1526 to take off one's hat1571 respect1576 to see unto ——1579 suspect1590 honestate1623 defer1686 consider1692 to look up to1719 to have no (a lot of, etc.) time for1938 the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] > to a person agree1526 concede1626 defer1686 society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > submit to [verb (transitive)] undergangc1000 undergoc1175 abidec1275 bidec1275 shootc1275 undergoc1315 submit1397 incline?a1400 vail1610 cede1633 defer1686 1686 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Ἀνεκδοτα Ἑτερουιακα 306 They not only deferred to his counsels in publick assemblies, but he was moreover the umpire of domestic matters. 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 8 How far we must defere to his Authority? 1792 E. Burke Let. to H. Langrishe in Wks. (1842) I. 543 If you had not deferred to the judgment of others. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. ix. 317 Philip..had the good sense to defer to the long experience and the wisdom of his father. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 31 And let me warn my mother, Wise as she is, that she defer to Jove. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.¹1382v.²1479
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