defer

• vi. 先送りする；延期する；従う
• vt. 先送りする；延期する
• n. （延期する）人名；（フランス語で）ドゥ?フィー

de-、分ける、分散させる。-すなわち、広げる、派生的に延期する、遅らせる。

de-、down、away。-すなわち、奪う、移す、派生的に延期する、従う、従う。

defer

defer: English has two distinct verbs defer. The one meaning ‘delay’ [14] is ultimately the same words as differ. It comes via Old French differer from Latin differre ‘carry apart, delay’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘apart’ and ferre ‘carry’ (related to English bear). The Latin verb’s past participle, dīlātus, is the source of English dilatory [15]. Defer ‘submit’ [15] comes via Old French deferer from Latin dēferre ‘carry away’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘away’ and ferre.

The notion of submission seems to have arisen from an earlier application to referring, or ‘carrying’, a matter to someone else.
=> bear, dilatory

defer (v.1)

"to delay," late 14c., differren, deferren, from Old French differer (14c.), from Latin differre "carry apart, scatter, disperse;" also "be different, differ;" also "defer, put off, postpone," (see differ). Etymologically identical with differ; the spelling and pronunciation differentiated from 15c., perhaps partly by association of this word with delay.

defer (v.2)

"yield," mid-15c., from Middle French déférer (14c.) "to yield, comply," from Latin deferre "carry away, transfer, grant," from de- "down, away" (see de-) + ferre "carry" (see infer). Main modern sense is from meaning "refer (a matter) to someone," which also was in Latin.

1. We wish to defer our decision until next week.

来週に延期して決定したいと思っています。

2.I shall defer replying till I hear from home.

家からの手紙を受け取ってから返事します。

3.We will defer to whatever the committee decides.

私たちは委員会が下したすべての決定に従う。

4.Let 's defer the decision for a few weeks.

数週間遅らせてから決めましょう。

5.We all defer to him in these matters.

このようなことについては、私たちは彼の言うことを聞いています。