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v. t.
To postpone.
n.
A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
v. t.
To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely.
n.
Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.
imp. & p. p.
of Postpone
n.
The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.
v. t.
To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage.
v. t.
In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to postpone, by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion, or the like) till called for, or indefinitely.
n.
One who postpones.
v. t.
To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations.
v. t.
To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance.
v. t.
To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.
n.
A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Postpone
v. t.
To postpone.
n.
The act of postponing, in sense 2.
v. t.
To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner.
a.
To put off to a distant time; to postpone.
n.
To delay or postpone; to put off.
n.
A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.
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