[post.pone] vt post.poned ; post.pon.ing [L postponere to place after, postpone, fr. post- + ponere to place--more at position] (ca. 1520) 1: to put off to a later time: defer
2. a: to place later (as in a sentence) than the normal position in English "~ an adjective" b: to place later in order of precedence, preference, or importance syn see defer -- post.pon.able adj -- post.pone.ment n -- post.pon.er n