Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
DEFERRING
DEFER
submit, bow, defer, accede, give in
(verb) yield to another’s wish or opinion; “The government bowed to the military pressure”
postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
(verb) hold back to a later time; “let’s postpone the exam”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
deferring
present participle of defer
Noun
deferring (plural deferrings)
deferral
Anagrams
• refringed
Source: Wiktionary
DEFER
De*fer", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deferred; p. pr. & vb. n. Deferring.] Etym: [OE. differren, F. différer, fr. L. differre to delay, bear different ways; dis- + ferre to bear. See Bear to support, and cf. Differ, Defer to offer.]
Definition: To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold. Defer the spoil of the city until night. Shak. God . . . will not long defer To vindicate the glory of his name. Milton.
De*fer", v. i.
Definition: To put off; to delay to act; to wait. Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure. J. A. Symonds.
De*fer", v. t. Etym: [F. déférer to pay deference, to yield, to bring before a judge, fr. L. deferre to bring down; de- + ferre to bear. See Bear to support, and cf. Defer to delay, Delate.]
1. To render or offer. [Obs.] Worship deferred to the Virgin. Brevint.
2. To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to. Hereupon the commissioners . . . deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland. Bacon.
De*fer", v. i.
Definition: To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to. The house, deferring to legal right, acquiesced. Bancroft.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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