deference (deferens)

[F. déférence = Sp. Pg. deferencia = It. deferenza, A natural roughne makes a man uncomplaisant to others; so that he has no deference for their inclinations, tempers, or conditions. defibrinize of growing cool; coolne ; lukewarmne . [Rare.] Young beginners are.. not so easily tempted to a rece ion, till after a long time, by a revolution of affections, they are abated by a defervescency in holy actions. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 108. 2. In pathol., abatement or decrease of fever or feverish symptoms. All goes well, though slowly; and as completene is more precious than rapidity of cure, we must be content to mark time and watch gratefully the proce of defer vescence, which is proceeding satisfactorily. London Times. defeudalize (dē-fü'dal-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. defeudalized, ppr. defeudalizing. [ Locke. form. Adam's Speech, at parting with the Angel, has in it a Deference and Gratitude agreeable to an Interior Nature. It would be much more difficult to produce examples of injury to a state from the too speedy termination of hostilities in deference to the public voice. Brougham . When personal inquiry has been thorough, unbiased, and entire, it seems a violation of natural law to say that the inquirer should put it aside in deference to others, even of presumably superior qualification. Gladstone, Might of Right, p. 199. deferent (def'er-ent), a. and n. [= F. déférent = Sp. Pg. It. deferente, testes. IMG:content-2231.png:[blocks in formation] determination. The commi ioners .. deferred the matter unto the Earl of North umber land. Bacon , Hist. Hen. VII., p. 67. II. in trans. To yield to another's opinion; submit in opinion: with to . They not only deferred to his counsels in publick a emblies, but he was moreover the umpire of do me stick matters. Spence , tr. of Varilla's Hist. House of Medicis [(1686), p. 306. You whose stupidity and insolence I must defer to , soothe at every turn. Browning , Ring and Book, II. 278. defer2 (de-fer'), v.; pret. and pp. deferred , pp deferring. [An alteration, after defer1 , of differ , differ ren (rare), put off, differer , F. différer = Sp. diferir = Pg. differir = It. de ferire, diferire , defer, delay, L. differre (pp. dilatus ), carry different ways, scatter, put off, defer (intr. differ, be different, whence directly E. differ ), dis- , apart, away, + ferre , carry, = E. bear1 : see differ , dilate , delay1 .] I. trans. 1. To delay; put off; postpone to a future time: as, to defer the execution of a design. Soldiers, defer the spoil of the city until night. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 7. God, Nothing more certain, will not long defer To vindicate the glory of his name. Milton , S. A., 1. 474. B. Jonson, Volpone, iii. 6. 21. To cause to wait; remand; put off: applied to persons. Why should we defer our joys? [There was al reason why he did not defer him at first for his answer, till some more of the magistrates and deputies might have been a embled. circumference of which another circle was supposed to move, this second cir cle being called the epicycle, and carry ing the body of the planet. P E IMG:content-2232.png:[blocks in formation] ,the earth; P , the planet; P ,E, E, the epicycle; D, D, D, the deferent or orbit. It was in this simple and convincing manner that Copernicus accounted for the second inequalities of the planets, by substituting the orbit of the earth for the three epicycles of the superior planets and the two deferents of the inferior. Small .