All 4 Uses
defer
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White: The Great Pursuit
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- I will defer to the judgment of this council.
Chpt 25 *defer = submit (accept its judgment as superior to my own)
- Theresa said, deferring.†
Chpt 14 *
- If Ronin were here, we would defer to his judgment.†
Chpt 25
- The snake would always defer, Qurong thought.†
Chpt 37
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."