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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'demur' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions demur noun  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.'' - w:Alexander Pope, Alexander Pope She agreed to his request without . verb (demur, r, ing) (context, intransitive, obsolete) To linger; to stay; to tarry "Yet durst not nor abide upon the camp. - Nicols? (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. Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to . - Hayward? (intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk I to that statement. The personnel demurred at the management's new scheme. (context, intransitive, law) To interpose a demurrer. See demurrer. (intransitive) To balk; to oppose. (context, transitive, obsolete) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about The latter I , for in their looks Much reason, and in their actions, oft appears. - w:John Milton, John Milton (context, transitive, obsolete) To cause delay to; to put off He demands a fee, And then demurs me with a vain delay. - Quarles?        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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