All 9 Uses of
defer
in
Jane Eyre
- Vain favour! coming, like most other favours long deferred and often wished for, too late!†
Chpt 3 *
- The afternoon was wet: a walk the party had proposed to take to see a gipsy camp, lately pitched on a common beyond Hay, was consequently deferred.†
Chpt 18
- And then, to my great relief, Mr. Henry Lynn summoned them to the other side of the room, to settle some point about the deferred excursion to Hay Common.†
Chpt 18
- It required some courage to disturb so interesting a party; my errand, however, was one I could not defer, so I approached the master where he stood at Miss Ingram's side.†
Chpt 21
- "I know she had a particular wish to see me," I added, "and I would not defer attending to her desire longer than is absolutely necessary."†
Chpt 21
- I hated the business, I begged leave to defer it: no — it should be gone through with now.†
Chpt 24
- Jane, you don't like my narrative; you look almost sick — shall I defer the rest to another day?"†
Chpt 27
- He deferred his departure a whole week,
Chpt 35 *deferred = postponed (delayed)
- I asked, knowing, of course, what the answer would be, but yet desirous of deferring the direct question as to where he really was.†
Chpt 36
Definitions:
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(defer as in: deferred the decision) delay or postpone (hold off until a later time)
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(defer as in: deferred to her wishes) submit or yield (typically to another person's opinion because of respect for that person or their knowledge)