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DEFER, 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. Ecclesiastes 5 .

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. Proverbs 13 .

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

In this sense, refer is now used.

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Entry for 'Defer'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​d/defer.html.
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