Showing deference; deferential.
Serving to carry; bearing.
(RQ:Bacon Sylva Sylvarum)
A deferent duct in the body, as opposed to an afferent one.
An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
That which carries or conveys.
(inflection of)
deferential