De‐fer″, v. i. To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; — with to.
The house, deferring to legal right, acquiesced. Bancroft.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.