Definition of Deferring

1. Verb. (present participle of defer) ¹

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Definition of Deferring

1. defer [v] - See also: defer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deferring

deferiprone
deferment
deferments
defernite
deferoxamine
deferoxamine mesylate
deferrable
deferrables
deferral
deferrals
deferred
deferred payment
deferred shock
deferrer
deferrers
deferring (current term)
defers
defervesce
defervescence
defervescences
defervescency
defervescent stage
defeudalize
defeudalized
defeudalizes
defeudalizing
deff
deffer
deffered
deffest

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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