King James Bible Dictionary

DEFER, verb transitive [Latin 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 5:4.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. Proverbs 13:12.

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

[In this sense, refer is now used.]

DEFERENCE, noun

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, adjective Bearing; carrying; conveying.

DEFERENT, noun

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.

DEFERENTIAL, , adjective Expressing deference.

DEFERMENT, noun Delay.

DEFERRER, noun One who delays or puts off.

DEFERRING, participle present tense Delaying; postponing.