Verb

(deferr)

To delay or postpone; especially to postpone induction into military service.

* Shakespeare

Defer the spoil of the city until night.

* {{quote-book

, year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=3 citation , passage=My departure for Ingolstadt, which had been deferred by these events, was now again determined upon.}}

to delay, to wait

* Milton

God will not long defer / To vindicate the glory of his name.

(American football) to choose to kick off after winning the opening coin toss.

Verb

(deferr)

(legal) To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority.

* Francis Bacon

Hereupon the commissioners deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland.

* 1899 ,

"Well, I must defer to your judgment. You are captain," he said with marked civility.

to render, to offer

* Brevint

worship deferred to the Virgin