defer

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 13:1.2. To refer; to leave to anothers judgment and determination.[In this sense, refer is now used.]