Postpone: alternatives and connections

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Proof.

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To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance.

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To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

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A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

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To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; a…

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To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.

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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

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The act of delaying; postponement.

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The act of delaying; postponement.

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The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.

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The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.

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To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

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To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; a…

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To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

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To protract; to prolong; to extend.

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To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

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To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

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A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.

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