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Word: demur (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.

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Verb:

  • intransitive|legal To interpose a demurrer. See demurrer.
  • intransitive|obsolete To linger; to stay; to tarry
  • transitive|obsolete To cause delay to; to put off
  • transitive|obsolete To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about
  • intransitive To balk; to oppose.
  • intransitive 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.
  • intransitive To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk

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