All 6 Uses of
defer
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- …to punish her friend for laying claim to a rivalship in dignity, having no good title: secondly, the gratification of her own vanity, in receiving the compliments of a smart young man: and thirdly, a wish to convince the corn-factor of the great danger he ran, in deferring the celebration of their expected nuptials; while Nicholas had brought it about, by half an hour's gaiety and thoughtlessness, and a very sincere desire to avoid the imputation of inclining at all to Miss Squeers.†
Chpt 9
- This question was most opportunely put, for at that instant Mr Wititterly walked in, and to him Kate introduced her brother, who at once announced his purpose, and the impossibility of deferring it.†
Chpt 33
- Notwithstanding all that has been said and sung to the contrary, there is no well-established case of morning having either deferred or hastened its approach by the term of an hour or so for the mere gratification of a splenetic feeling against some unoffending lover: the sun having, in the discharge of his public duty, as the books of precedent report, invariably risen according to the almanacs, and without suffering himself to be swayed by any private considerations.†
Chpt 43
- Defer this marriage for a week.†
Chpt 53 *
- I will not defer it for an hour.
Chpt 53 *defer = postpone (delay)
- Name your price, defer these nuptials for but a few days, and see whether those I speak of, shrink from the payment.†
Chpt 53
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)