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Webster 1913 Edition

Postpone

Post-pone′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Postponed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Postponing
.]
[L.
postponere
,
postpositum
;
post
after +
ponere
to place, put. See
Post-
, and
Position
.]
1.
To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn;
as, to
postpone
the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely
.
His praise
postponed
, and never to be paid.
Cowper.
2.
To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance.
All other considerations should give way and be
postponed
to this.
Locke.
Syn. – To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate.

Webster 1828 Edition

Postpone

POSTPO'NE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. postpono; post, after, and pono, to put.]
1.
To put off; to defer to a future or later time; to delay; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill or question to the afternoon, or to the following day.
2.
To set below something else in value or importance.
All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this.

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