KJV Dictionary Definition: defer

defer

DEFER, v.t. L. To bear.

1. To delay; to put off; to postpone to a future time; as, to defer the execution of a design.

When thou vowest a vow, defer not to pay it. Eccles. 5.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. Prov. 13.

2. To refer; to leave to anothers judgment and determination.

In this sense, refer is now used.

deference

DEFERENCE, n.

1. A yielding in opinion; submission of judgment to the opinion or judgment of another. Hence, regard; respect. We often decline acting in opposition to those for whose wisdom we have a great deference.

2. Complaisance; condescension.

3. Submission.

deferent

DEFERENT, a. Bearing; carrying; conveying.

DEFERENT, n.

1. That which carries or conveys. The deferent of a planet, is an imaginary circle or orb in the Ptolemaic system, that is supposed to carry about the body of the planet.

2. A vessel in the human body for the conveyance of fluids.

deferment

DEFERMENT, n. Delay.

deferring

DEFERRING, ppr. Delaying; postponing.