DELAY, v.t. 1. To prolong the time of acting, or proceeding; to put off; to defer.My lord delayeth his coming. Matt. 14.2. To retard; to stop, detain or hinder for a time; to restrain motion, or render it slow; as, the mail is delated by bad roads.Thyrsis, whose artful strains have oft delayedThe huddling brook to hear his madrigal.3. To allay.DELAY, v.i. To linger; to move slow; or to stop for a time. There are certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of ideas, beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten.DELAY, n. 1. A lingering; stay; stop.2. A putting off or deferring; procrastination; as, the delay of trial is not to be imputed to the plaintiff.3. Hinderance for a time.
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