Hypertext Webster Gateway: "postponed"

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) 1.7 (wn)

postponed
adj : put off to later; "requested a deferred payment"; "our
postponed trip" [syn: {deferred}]


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