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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024def•er•ent1 (def′ər ənt),USA pronunciation adj. - marked by or showing deference:She was always deferent to her elders.
def•er•ent2 (def′ər ənt),USA pronunciation adj. [Anat.]- Anatomyconveying away;
efferent. - Anatomyof or pertaining to the vas deferens.
n. - Astronomy(in the Ptolemaic system) the circle around the earth in which a celestial body or the center of the epicycle of its orbit was thought to move.
- Latin dēferent- (stem of dēferēns), present participle of dēferre. See defer2, -ent
- late Middle English 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: deferent /ˈdɛfərənt/ adj - another word for deferential
deferent /ˈdɛfərənt/ adj - (esp of a bodily nerve, vessel, or duct) conveying an impulse, fluid, etc, outwards, down, or away; efferent
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin dēferre; see defer² |