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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Postpone  \Post*pone"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Postponed};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Postponing}.]  [L.  postponere,  postpositum  post  after 
  +  ponere  to  place  put  See  {Post-},  and  {Position}.] 
  1.  To  defer  to  a  future  or  later  time;  to  put  off  also  to 
  cause  to  be  deferred  or  put  off  to  delay;  to  adjourn;  as 
  to  postpone  the  consideration  of  a  bill  to  the  following 
  day  or  indefinitely. 
 
  His  praise  postponed,  and  never  to  be  paid. 
  --Cowper. 
 
  2.  To  place  after  behind,  or  below  something  in  respect  to 
  precedence,  preference,  value,  or  importance. 
 
  All  other  considerations  should  give  way  and  be 
  postponed  to  this  --Locke. 
 
  Syn:  To  adjourn;  defer;  delay;  procrastinate. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  postpone 
  v  :  hold  back  to  a  later  time;  "let's  postpone  the  exam"  [syn:  {hold 
  over},  {put  over},  {table},  {shelve},  {set  back},  {defer}, 
  {remit},  {put  off}] 




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