Definitions from Wiktionary (defer)
▸ verb: (transitive) To delay or postpone.
▸ verb: (especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.
▸ verb: (American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To delay, to wait.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
▸ verb: To render, to offer.
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▸ verb: (transitive) To delay or postpone.
▸ verb: (especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.
▸ verb: (American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To delay, to wait.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
▸ verb: To render, to offer.
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