All 7 Uses of
defer
in
David Copperfield
- My mother deferred to her very much — more than usual, it occurred to me — and we were all three excellent friends; still we were different from what we used to be, and were not so comfortable among ourselves.†
Chpt 1-3
- I respectfully deferred to his opinion.
Chpt 25-27 *deferred = submitted (yielded)
- I deferred to his opinion, though I had great doubts of it myself.†
Chpt 31-33
- I had not revealed myself in my altered character to Dora yet, because she was coming to see Miss Mills in a few days, and I deferred all I had to tell her until then; merely informing her in my letters (all our communications were secretly forwarded through Miss Mills), that I had much to tell her.†
Chpt 34-36
- I know that my aunt distressed Dora's aunts very much, by utterly setting at naught the dignity of fly-conveyance, and walking out to Putney at extraordinary times, as shortly after breakfast or just before tea; likewise by wearing her bonnet in any manner that happened to be comfortable to her head, without at all deferring to the prejudices of civilization on that subject.†
Chpt 40-42
- Allow me to say that I fully defer to the reasonable character of that inquiry, and proceed to develop it; premising that it is not an object of a pecuniary nature.†
Chpt 49-51
- I am always willing to defer to your good sense.†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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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)