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defer

de·fer

UK/dɪˈfɜː/ US/dɪˈfeː/ uncommon

verb

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submit or yield to another''s wish or opinion

  • “The government bowed to the military pressure”
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Originally a variant of (and hence a doublet of) differ; from Middle English differren (“to postpone”), from Old French differer, from Latin differō. Doublet of differ and dilate. See also infer, collate and confer, delate and defer, relate and refer as well as prelate and prefer among others.

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