ETYM French déférer to pay deference, to yield, to bring before a judge, from Latin deferre to bring down; de- + ferre to bear. Related to Bear to support, and cf. Defer to delay, Delate.
To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

1. To force to move; SYN. force out.
2. To move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; SYN. uproot, deracinate.
3. To take the place of.

To hold back to a later time; SYN. hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off.

1. To locate again.
2. To move to another city, often at the request of one's employer.

1. To interrupt or discontinue
2. To bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.; SYN. debar.
3. To cause to be held in suspension in a fluid, of particles, in chemistry.
4. To hang freely
5. To make inoperative or stop; SYN. set aside.

ETYM Prov. Eng.
1. To make a shift in or exchange of; SYN. change over, shift, turn around.
2. To lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; SYN. shift, change.