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Webster 1913 Edition
Delay
De-lay′
,Noun.
pl.
Delays
(#)
. [F. ]
délai
, fr. OF. deleer
to delay, or fr. L. dilatum
, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre
to carry apart, defer, delay. See Tolerate
, and cf. Differ
, Delay
, Verb.
A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
Without any
delay
, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat. Acts xxv. 17.
The government ought to be settled without the
delay
of a day. Macaulay.
De-lay′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Delayed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Delaying
.] 1.
To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
My lord
delayeth
his coming. Matt. xxiv. 48.
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 snowThyrsis! whose artful strains have oft
The huddling brook to hear his madrigal.
delayed
The huddling brook to hear his madrigal.
Milton.
3.
To allay; to temper.
[Obs.]
The watery showers
delay
the raging wind. Surrey.
De-lay′
,Verb.
I.
To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas, . . . beyond which they can neither
delay
nor hasten. Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Delay
DELAY
, v.t.1.
To prolong the time of acting, or proceeding; to put off; to defer.My lord delayeth his coming. Matt. 14.
2.
To retard; to stop, detain or hinder for a time; to restrain motion, or render it slow; as, the mail is delated by bad roads.Thyrsis, whose artful strains have oft delayed
The huddling brook to hear his madrigal.
3.
To allay.DELAY
,Verb.
I.
There are certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of ideas, beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten.
DELAY
, n.1.
A lingering; stay; stop.2.
A putting off or deferring; procrastination; as, the delay of trial is not to be imputed to the plaintiff.3.
Hinderance for a time.