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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.'' - w:Alexander Pope, Alexander Pope
She agreed to his request without .
verb (demur, r, ing)
  1. (context, intransitive, obsolete) To linger; to stay; to tarry
"Yet durst not nor abide upon the camp. - Nicols?
  1. (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?
  1. (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.
  1. (context, intransitive, law) To interpose a demurrer. See demurrer.
  2. (intransitive) To balk; to oppose.
  3. (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
  1. (context, transitive, obsolete) To cause delay to; to put off
He demands a fee, And then demurs me with a vain delay. - Quarles?

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