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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
delay \delay"\, v. t. imp. p. p. delayed; p. pr. vb. n.
delaying. of. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun d'elai, or
directly fr. l. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in ll., to put
off. see delay, n., and cf. delate, 1st defer,
dilate.
1. to put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the
time of or before.
1913 webster
my lord delayeth his coming. --matt. xxiv.
48.
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2. to retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to
retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is
delayed by a heavy fall of snow.
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thyrsis whose artful strains have oft delayed
the huddling brook to hear his madrigal. --milton.
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3. to allay; to temper. obs.
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the watery showers delay the raging wind. --surrey.
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see also:
delayed delaying delay delate defer dilate
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
delayed
adj 1: caused to be slower or later; "the delayed plane finally
arrived" ant: expedited
2: not as far along as normal in development
see also:
expedited
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
31 moby thesaurus words for "delayed":
arrested, back, backward, behind, behindhand, belated, blocked,
checked, delayed-action, detained, held up, hung up, impeded,
in a bind, in abeyance, jammed, late, latish, moratory,
never on time, obstructed, overdue, retarded, set back, slow,
slowed down, stopped, tardy, unpunctual, unready, untimely
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