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See also:déférentanddéfèrent

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Fromdefer anddeference; see-ent.[1]

Adjective

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deferent (comparativemoredeferent,superlativemostdeferent)

  1. Showingdeference;deferential.
Derived terms
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Translations
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showing deference

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishdefferent, fromMiddle Frenchdeferent (modernFrenchdéférent) or its etymonLatindēferēns, dēferentis.[2][3]

Noun

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deferent (pluraldeferents)

  1. (anatomy) Aduct in the body serving to carry away from, as opposed to anafferent one.
  2. (historical, Ptolemaic astronomy) Animaginarycircle surrounding theEarth, in whoseperiphery either theheavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body'sepicycle was supposed to be carried round.
  3. (obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
    • 1627 (indicated as1626),Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, inSylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […];[p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […],→OCLC:
      though air be the most favorabledeferent of sounds

Adjective

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deferent (notcomparable)

  1. (obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
    • 1627 (indicated as1626),Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, inSylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […];[p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […],→OCLC:
      Bodiesdeferent.

References

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  1. ^“deferent,adj.2”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^“defferent,n. andadj.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.
  3. ^“deferent,adj.1 andn.”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

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Verb

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dēferent

  1. third-personpluralfutureactiveindicative ofdēferō

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing fromLatindēferēns.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɛˈfɛ.rɛnt/
  • Rhymes:-ɛrɛnt
  • Syllabification:de‧fe‧rent

Noun

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deferent m inan

  1. (historical, Ptolemaic astronomy)deferent(imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round)
    Synonym:deferens
    Coordinate term:epicykl

Declension

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Declension ofdeferent
singularplural
nominativedeferentdeferenty
genitivedeferentadeferentów
dativedeferentowideferentom
accusativedeferentdeferenty
instrumentaldeferentemdeferentami
locativedeferenciedeferentach
vocativedeferenciedeferenty

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchdéférent, fromLatindeferens.

Adjective

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deferent m orn (feminine singulardeferentă,masculine pluraldeferenți,feminine and neuter pluraldeferente)

  1. deferential

Declension

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Declension ofdeferent
singularplural
masculineneuterfemininemasculineneuterfeminine
nominative-
accusative		indefinitedeferentdeferentădeferențideferente
definitedeferentuldeferentadeferențiideferentele
genitive-
dative		indefinitedeferentdeferentedeferențideferente
definitedeferentuluideferenteideferențilordeferentelor
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