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<hw>De*fen"sor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Defenser</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A defender.</def>

<i>Fabyan.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.</def>

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<hw>De*fen"so*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>defensorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tending to defend; defensive; <as>as, <ex>defensory</ex> preparations</as>.</def>

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<hw>De*fer"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deferred</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deferring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>differren</ets>, F. <ets>diff\'82rer</ets>, fr. L. <ets>differre</ets> to delay, bear different ways; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear. See <er>Bear</er> to support, and cf. <er>Differ</er>, <er>Defer</er> to offer.]</ety> <def>To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.</def>

<blockquote><b>Defer</b> the spoil of the city until night. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>God . . . will not long <b>defer</b> To vindicate the glory of his name. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>De*fer"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To put off; to delay to act; to wait.</def>

<blockquote>Pius was able to <b>defer</b> and temporize at leisure. <i>J. A. Symonds.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>De*fer"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82f\'82rer</ets> to pay deference, to yield, to bring before a judge, fr. L. <ets>deferre</ets> to bring down; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear. See <er>Bear</er> to support, and cf. <er>Defer</er> to delay, <er>Delate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To render or offer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Worship <b>deferred</b> to the Virgin. <i>Brevint.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with <i>to</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Hereupon the commissioners . . . <b>deferred</b> the matter to the Earl of Northumberland. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>De*fer"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with <i>to</i>.</def>

<blockquote>The house, <b>deferring</b> to legal right, acquiesced. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Def"er*ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82f\'82rence</ets>. See 3d <er>Defer</er>.]</ety> <def>A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.</def>

<blockquote><b>Deference</b> to the authority of thoughtful and sagacious men. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Deference</b> is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments. <i>Shenstone.</i></blockquote>