Postponing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              His praise postponed, and never to be paid.
                                                    --Cowper.
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     2. To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to
        precedence, preference, value, or importance.
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              All other considerations should give way and be
              postponed to this.                    --Locke.
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     Syn: To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate.
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