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delay (iou)



delay verb1. ME.
[Old French delayer var. of deslaier, presumably from des- DE- 3 + laier leave.]
verb trans. Put off to a later time; postpone, defer, (a thing, doing, (arch.) to do). ME.
Pope Th' unprofitable moments..That..still delay Life's instant business to a future day. Tennyson As the tender ash delays To clothe herself, when all the woods are green. A. C. Boult Mozart had works complete in his head, and delayed Writing them down until the last possible minute.
b. Put (a person) off, keep (a person) waiting. LME-M18.
verb trans. Impede the progress of, make late, hinder. LME.
Steele Joy and Grief can hasten and delay Time. R. C. Hutchinson I thought the snow might delay the train. I. Murdoch I had been delayed by the strike.
verb intrans. Loiter, be late; wait; (now poet.) tarry in a place. LME.
Shakespeare 1 Henry IV Advantage feeds him fat while men delay. W. C. Bryant Wind of the sunny south! oh still delay, in the gay woods. P. Kavanagh Eusebius was delaying up the road till the priest went away.
delayer noun E16.

Micropsia (health)


The visual perception that objects are smaller than they actually are.