Defer

DEFER, verb transitive [Latin 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#4|Ecclesiastes 5:4]].

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. [[Proverbs 13#1|Proverbs 13:1]].

2. To refer; to leave to anothers judgment and determination.

[In this sense, refer is now used.]