All 4 Uses of
defer
in
Sense and Sensibility
- ...to defer her departure.
Chpt 5 *defer = delay
- "You would not be six hours later," said Willoughby, "if you were to defer your journey till our return."†
Chpt 13
- "I am writing home, Marianne," said Elinor; "had not you better defer your letter for a day or two?"†
Chpt 26 *
- And with this admirable discretion did she defer the assurance of her finding their mutual relatives more disagreeable than ever, and of her being particularly disgusted with his mother, till they were more in private.†
Chpt 35
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)