All 3 Uses of
postpone
in
The Da Vinci Code
- Moreover, the artist's eerie eccentricities projected an admittedly demonic aura: Da Vinci exhumed corpses to study human anatomy; he kept mysterious journals in illegible reverse handwriting; he believed he possessed the alchemic power to turn lead into gold and even cheat God by creating an elixir to postpone death; and his inventions included horrific, never-before-imagined weapons of war and torture.†
Chpt 8
- The only reason he postponed your arrest was to run this observance in hopes you did something that made his case stronger.†
Chpt 15-16 *
- Teabing sensed that if they were to have any chance of postponing confrontation with the British authorities long enough to find the Grail, bold action had to be taken.†
Chpt 79-80
Definition:
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(postpone) delay until a later time