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defer

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"Put off"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈfɜː/Part of speech verbSorted deefrStarts with DEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. yield to another's wish or opinion

Word origin

Originally a variant of (and hence a doublet of) differ; from Middle English differren (“to postpone”), from Old French differer, from Latin differō. Doublet of differ and dilate. See also infer, collate and confer, delate and defer, relate and refer as well as prelate and prefer among others.

Used in a sentence

  • We're going to defer the decision until we have all the facts.
  • Deferre the ſpoile of the Citie vntill night:
  • My journey to Ingolstadt, which had been deferred by these events, was now again determined upon.

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