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Demur
/dɪˈmɜː/
Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
📖 Definitions of "Demur"
noun
- 1
Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
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."
- 4
To interpose a demurrer.
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