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Delay :: Delay (n.) To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow..

Belated :: Belated (a.) Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted.

Overdue :: Overdue (a.) Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival or payment, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note..

Lag :: Lag (a.) Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag end..

Delayed :: Delayed (imp. & p. p.) of Dela.

Late :: Late (v.) Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring..

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.

Passage :: Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed..

Present :: Present (a.) Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.

Weather-bound :: Weather-bound (a.) Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel..

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