v. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

His praise postponed, and never to be paid. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance. [ 1913 Webster ]

All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. postponens, p. pr. ] The act of postponing, in sense 2. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who postpones. [ 1913 Webster ]