deferent

adj

1. Showing deference; deferential.
2. (not-comparable, obsolete)Serving to carry; bearing.

   “Bodies deferent.”

noun

1. A duct in the body serving to carry away from, as opposed to an afferent one.
2. (historical)An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
3. (obsolete)That which carries or conveys.

   “though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds”