OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 1185

defer

/dɪˈfɜː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
deferir
To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
"Defer/Defer/To the Lord High Executioner."
Hereupon the commissioners […] deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland.
Phrases