- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To place after, behind or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value or importance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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