Both Uses
postpone
in
Wuthering Heights
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- But he had sense to postpone complaining: there might be compensation within.†
p. 150.5 *postpone = delay until a later time
- Catherine surveyed him with grief and astonishment: she changed the ejaculation of joy on her lips to one of alarm; and the congratulation on their long-postponed meeting to an anxious inquiry, whether he were worse than usual?†
p. 189.4postponed = delayed until a later time
Definitions:
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(1)
(postpone) delay until a later time
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)