DEMUR

demur

Noun

  1. Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
    All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, ``Do; and we go snacks.'' -

Verb

  1. To linger; to stay; to tarry
  2. To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
  3. To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk
    I demur to that statement.
    The personnel demurred at the management's new scheme.
  4. To interpose a demurrer.
  5. To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about
    The latter I demur, for in their looks / Much reason, and in their actions, oft appears. -
  6. To cause delay to; to put off


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