Both Uses
defer
in
Queen of Attolia
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- “I defer to you,” Attolia said, subdued.
Chpt 17 *defer = submit or yield
- "After my bath," Attolia said, and Nahuseresh deferred with a bow.†
Chpt 17
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."