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Stage 1 of 2
differre
Latin · ancient
"to carry apart, to postpone"
to carry away, to put off, from dis- (apart) and ferre (to carry)
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defer
English · 1400s
"to postpone something, or to yield to another's judgment"
settled as the English word for postponing something, or yielding to another's judgment
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