DEFER (3)

De‐fer″, v. t. [[F. déférer to pay deference, to yield, to bring before a judge, fr. L. deferre to bring down; de- + ferre to bear. See Bear to support, and cf. Defer to delay, Delate.]] 1. 1. To render or offer.
Worship deferred to the Virgin. Brevint. 2. 2. To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; — with to.
Hereupon the commissioners . . . deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland. Bacon.