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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

de·fer¹ / diˈfər/ • v. (-ferred , -fer·ring ) [tr.] put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone: they deferred the decision until February. ∎ hist. postpone the conscription of (someone): he was no longer deferred from the draft. DERIVATIVES: de·fer·ment n. de·fer·ra·ble adj. de·fer·ral / -ˈfərəl/ n. de·fer² • v. (-ferred , -fer·ring ) [intr.] (defer to) submit humbly to (a person or a person's wishes or qualities): he deferred to Tim's superior knowledge. DERIVATIVES: de·fer·rer n.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

defer 1 put off, postpone, XIV. ME. differre, deferre — (O)F. différer defer, differ — L. differre carry apart, delay, bear in different directions, differ. Often spelt with diff- until XVII, but finally differentiated from the ult. identical DIFFER, perh. partly by assoc. with delay.

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defer 2 †submit oneself, submit or refer (a matter) XV. †offer, proffer XVI; submit in opinion to XVII. — (O)F. déférer — L. dēferre carry away, grant, report, refer (a matter), f. DE- 2 + ferre BEAR 2.
So deference XVII. Hence deferential XIX.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

defer •à deux, agent provocateur, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, blur, bon viveur, burr, Chandigarh, coiffeur, concur, confer, connoisseur, cordon-bleu, cri de cœur, cur, danseur, Darfur, defer, demur, de rigueur, deter, entrepreneur, er, err, farceur, faute de mieux, fir, flâneur, Fleur, force majeure, fur, hauteur, her, infer, inter, jongleur, Kerr, littérateur, longueur, masseur, Monseigneur, monsieur, Montesquieu, Montreux, murre, myrrh, occur, pas de deux, Pasteur, per, pisteur, poseur, pot-au-feu, prefer, prie-dieu, pudeur, purr, raconteur, rapporteur, refer, répétiteur, restaurateur, saboteur, sabreur, seigneur, Sher, shirr, sir, skirr, slur, souteneur, spur, stir, tant mieux, transfer, Ur, vieux jeu, voyageur, voyeur, were, whirr

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