Def″er‐ent (?), a. [L. deferens, p. pr. of deferre. See 3d Defer.] Serving to carry; bearing. “Bodies deferent.” Bacon.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.