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Definition of Deferring
1. defer [v] - See also: defer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deferring
Literary usage of Deferring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"As to the search for Mirah's mother and brother, Deronda took what she had said
to-day as a warrant for deferring any immediate measures. ..."
2. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"... one reflex deferring, interrupting, or cutting short another, or precluding
the latter altogether from taking effect on the final common path. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"This erroneous opinion, demanding with Jansenism (1) extraordinary preparation,
thereby deferring Communion "for the riper age" of twelve, fourteen, ..."
4. Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1846)
"The King satisfied with Wolsey's deferring the mention of his intended Divorce
to the King of France. Masters Allen and Cromwell viewed by the King and ..."
5. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"L that the lofs of York, or the too foon deferring the northern parts, were
comparatively no ... deferring ..."
6. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"... Canrobert deferring to Lord Raglan. Sailing of the expedition on the 3d of May.
' would need more time than we should require for ' our coup de main. ..."
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