Postpone

Definition of Postpone

Post`pone´

v. t.	1.	To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely. [imp. & p. p. Postponed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Postponing.] His praise postponed, and never to be paid. - Cowper.
	2.	To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance. All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this. - Locke.

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dally, drag out, extend, hang fire, hang up, hold off, hold over, hold up, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay over, pigeonhole, prorogate, prorogue, protract, push aside, put aside, put away, put in mothballs, put off, put on ice, recess, reserve, set aside, set by, shelve, shift off, sideline, sleep on, stand over, stave off, store, stow, stretch out, table, table the motion, take a recess, temporize, waive

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