DEFENSORY
De*fen"so*ry, a. Etym: [L. defensorius.]
Defn: Tending to defend; defensive; as, defensory preparations.
DEFER
De*fer", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deferred; p. pr. & vb. n. Deferring.]
Etym: [OE. differren, F. différer, fr. L. differre to delay, bear
different ways; dis- + ferre to bear. See Bear to support, and cf.
Differ, Defer to offer.]
Defn: To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the
execution of; to delay; to withhold.
Defer the spoil of the city until night. Shak.
God . . . will not long defer To vindicate the glory of his name.
Milton.
DEFER
De*fer", v. i.
Defn: To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure. J. A. Symonds.
DEFER
De*fer", v. t. Etym: [F. déférer to pay deference, to yield, to bring
before a judge, fr. L. deferre to bring down; de- + ferre to bear.
See Bear to support, and cf. Defer to delay, Delate.]
1. To render or offer. [Obs.] Worship deferred to the Virgin. Brevint.
2. To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; — with
to.
Hereupon the commissioners . . . deferred the matter to the Earl of
Northumberland. Bacon.
DEFER
De*fer", v. i.