All 5 Uses
defer
in
The Killer Angels
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- "The General, ah, defers to General Hill's judgment, I believe."
Chpt 1.4 *defers = yields (or submits)
- Dick Ewell defers to him.†
Chpt Frwd.
- Ewell deferred.†
Chpt 1.6
- Dick Ewell had frozen; he had deferred to Early.†
Chpt 1.6
- Then he said slowly, "Sir, I think General Ewell defers too much to General Early.†
Chpt 2.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(defer as in: deferred the decision) delay or postpone (hold off until a later time)
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(2)
(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)
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, defer can be used to indicate showing respect or deference; as when Dickens wrote in Bleak House: "They know him there and defer to him."