verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To do something later, when the time has come. intransitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

postpone

Etymology

From the Latin verb posticipare, composed of post (“later, after”) + cipare (“as in cipere, to take part”).

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