Delay

De`lay´

n.	1.	A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat. - Acts xxv. 17. The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day. - Macaulay.
v. t.	1.	To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. [imp. & p. p. Delayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Delaying.] My lord delayeth his coming. - Matt. xxiv. 48.
	2.	To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow. Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. - Milton.
	3.	To allay; to temper. The watery showers delay the raging wind. - Surrey.
v. i.	1.	To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas, . . . beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten. - Locke.

Noun	1.	delay - time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" Synonyms: postponement, time lag, wait, hold
	2.	delay - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time Synonyms: holdup
Verb	1.	delay - cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" Synonyms: detain, hold up Antonyms: hurry, rush - urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!"
	2.	delay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
	3.	delay - stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" Synonyms: detain, stay
	4.	delay - slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" Synonyms: retard, check

DELAY, civil law. The time allowed either by law or by agreement of the parties to do something.
2. The law allows a delay, for a party who has been summoned to appear, to make defence, to appeal; it admits of a delay during which and action may be brought, certain rights exercised, and the like.
3. By the agreement of the parties there may be a delay in the payment of a debt, the fulfillment of a contract, &c. Vide Code, 3, 11, 4; Nov. 69, c. 2 Merl. Rep. h

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