defer
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Verb
- Hold back to a later time
- Yield to another's wish or opinion
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Definitions: 2
Fragments: 13
Sound Alikes: 1
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
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