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  • English Word Defer Definition To render or offer.
  • English Word Defer Definition To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.
  • English Word Defer Definition To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to.
  • English Word Deference Definition A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.
  • English Word Deferent Definition Serving to carry; bearing.
  • English Word Deferent Definition That which carries or conveys.
  • English Word Deferent Definition An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
  • English Word Deferential Definition Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.
  • English Word Deferentially Definition With deference.
  • English Word Deferment Definition The act of delaying; postponement.
  • English Word Deferred Definition of Defer
  • English Word Deferrer Definition One who defers or puts off.
  • English Word Deferring Definition of Defer
  • English Word Defervescence Definition Alt. of Defervescency
  • English Word Defervescency Definition A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness.
  • English Word Defervescency Definition The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia.
  • English Word Defeudalize Definition To deprive of the feudal character or form.
  • English Word Defiance Definition The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat.
  • English Word Defiance Definition A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.
  • English Word Defiance Definition A casting aside; renunciation; rejection.
  • English Word Defiant Definition Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.
  • English Word Defiatory Definition Bidding or manifesting defiance.
  • English Word Defibrinate Definition To deprive of fibrin, as fresh blood or lymph by stirring with twigs.
  • English Word Defibrination Definition The act or process of depriving of fibrin.
  • English Word Defibrinize Definition To defibrinate.
  • English Word Deficience Definition Same as Deficiency.
  • English Word Deficiencies Definition of Deficiency
  • English Word Deficiency Definition The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.
  • English Word Deficient Definition Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment.
  • English Word Deficit Definition Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc.