DEFER, L. To bear.
1. To delay to put off to postpone to a future time as, to defer the execution of a design.
When thou vowest a vow, defer not to pay it. Ecclesiastes 5 .
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. Proverbs 13 .
2. To refer to leave to anothers judgment and determination.
In this sense, refer is now used.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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