Bible Dictionaries
Defer
King James Dictionary
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.