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Definition of Postpone
Postpone 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.
