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Verb: postpone  pows(t)'pown or pu'spown
  1. Hold back to a later time
    "let's postpone the exam";
    - prorogue, hold over, put over, table [N. Amer], shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off

Derived forms: postpones, postponing, postponed

Type of: delay