Definition of delay

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Delay (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.

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Comperendinate :: Comperendinate (v. t.) To delay.
Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Delay :: Delay (v. i.) To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.
Tarry :: Tarry (v. t.) To delay; to defer; to put off.
Abode :: Abode (n.) Act of waiting; delay.
Imparl :: Imparl (v. i.) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment.
Delayingly :: Delayingly (adv.) By delays.
Delay :: Delay (n.) To allay; to temper.
Weather-bound :: Weather-bound (a.) Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel..
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Stop; pause; delay.
Demur :: Demur (v. t.) To cause delay to; to put off.
Roundelay :: Roundelay (n.) See Rondeau, and Rondel..
Roundelay :: Roundelay (n.) A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively.
Lingeringly :: Lingeringly (adv.) With delay; slowly; tediously.
Present :: Present (a.) Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.
Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
Presently :: Presently (adv.) At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by..
Lingering :: Lingering (a.) Delaying.
Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness..
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