All 8 Uses of
defer
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Compelled, as they were, to await a night sufficiently dark to favor their flight, they were obliged to defer their final attempt till that auspicious moment should arrive;
Chpt 17-18 *defer = delay
- Dantes remained in his cell all day, not daring to return to his friend, thinking thus to defer the moment when he should be convinced, once for all, that the abbe was mad—such a conviction would be so terrible!†
Chpt 17-18
- Franz protested he could not defer his pursuit till the following day, for many reasons.†
Chpt 33-34
- I could not defer my pleasure, so I took a cabriolet and drove to the horse dealer's.†
Chpt 57-58 *
- …without going to see either his wife or his daughter, went at once to his study, and, offering the young man a chair,—"M. d'Epinay," said he, "allow me to remind you at this moment,—which is perhaps not so ill-chosen as at first sight may appear, for obedience to the wishes of the departed is the first offering which should be made at their tomb,—allow me then to remind you of the wish expressed by Madame de Saint-Meran on her death-bed, that Valentine's wedding might not be deferred.†
Chpt 73-74
- She therefore contented herself with saying that M. Noirtier having at the commencement of the discussion been attacked by a sort of apoplectic fit, the affair would necessarily be deferred for some days longer.†
Chpt 77-78
- Then, turning towards Beauchamp, "If you have anything to attend to, Beauchamp, do it directly; if you have any appointment for this evening, defer it till tomorrow.†
Chpt 87-88
- Are you still actuated by the regret which drags the living to the pursuit of death; or are you only suffering from the prostration of fatigue and the weariness of hope deferred?†
Chpt 117
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)