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Wiktionary

deferent

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See also: déférent

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) dēferēns, dēferentis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

deferent (comparative more deferent, superlative most deferent)

  1. Showing deference.
  2. Template:obsolete Serving to carry; bearing.
    • Francis Bacon
      Bodies deferent.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

deferent (plural deferents)

  1. Template:obsolete That which carries or conveys.
    • Francis Bacon
      Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds.
  2. Template:obsolete An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dēferent

  1. (deprecated template usage) third-person plural future active indicative of dēferō
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