Demur \De*mur"\, v. t.
1. To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate
about. [Obs.]
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The latter I demur, for in their looks
Much reason, and in their actions, oft appears.
--Milton.
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2. To cause delay to; to put off. [Obs.]
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He demands a fee,
And then demurs me with a vain delay. --Quarles.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Demur \De*mur"\ (d[-e]*m[^u]r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Demurred
(d[-e]*m[^u]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Demurring.] [OF. demurer,
demorer, demourer, to linger, stay, F. demeurer, fr. L.
demorari; de- + morari to delay, tarry, stay, mora delay;
prob. originally, time for thinking, reflection, and akin to
memor mindful. See Memory.]
1. To linger; to stay; to tarry. [Obs.]
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Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp.
--Nicols.
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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.
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Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit
to demur. --Hayward.
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3. To scruple or object; to take exception, especailly on the
basis of scruple or modesty; as, I demur to that
statement; they wanted to make him president, but he
demurred.
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When introduced as the world's smartest man, he was
not inclined to demur. --Kip Thorne
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4. (Law) To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Demur \De*mur"\, n. [OF. demor, demore, stay, delay. See
Demur, v. i.]
Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of
decision or action; scruple.
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All my demurs but double his attacks;
At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks." --Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
demur
n : (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings [syn: demurral,
demurrer]
v 1: take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on
Saturday" [syn: except]
2: enter a demurrer
[also: demurring, demurred]
WordNet (r) 2.0
157 Moby Thesaurus words for "demur":
aversion, back down, balance, balk, bashfulness, beef, bitch,
blench, boggle, boggling, boycott, call in question, challenge,
combat, combative reaction, complain, complaint, compunction,
conscience, counteraction, cry out against, debate, defiance,
deliberate, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demonstration,
demurral, demurrer, deprecate, deprecation, difference, difficulty,
diffidence, disagreement, disapproval, disapprove, disinclination,
dispute, dissent, dissentience, enter a protest, exception,
expostulate, expostulation, falter, faltering, fear, fight,
fight shy of, flinch, fractiousness, gag, grievance,
grievance committee, hang back, hang off, have qualms, hem and haw,
hesitance, hesitancy, hesitate, hesitation, hold off, holler,
hover, howl, hum and haw, indignation meeting, jib, kick,
make bones about, march, modesty, negativism, noncooperation,
nonviolent protest, object, objection, obstinacy, oppose,
opposition, passive resistance, pause, picket, picketing, ponder,
press objections, protest, protest demonstration, protestation,
pull back, quail, qualm, qualm of conscience, qualmishness,
question, raise a howl, rally, reaction, rebuff, recalcitrance,
recalcitrancy, recalcitration, recoil, refractoriness, reluctance,
remonstrance, remonstrate, remonstration, renitence, renitency,
repellence, repellency, repulse, repulsion, resist, resistance,
retreat, revolt, scruple, scrupulosity, scrupulousness,
shilly-shally, shrink, shrinking, shy, shy at, shyness, sit in,
sit-in, squawk, stand, state a grievance, stick, stick at, stickle,
stickling, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain, strain at,
strike, stumble, teach in, teach-in, think twice about,
uncooperativeness, unwillingness, vacillate, variance, waver,
wince, withdraw, withstanding, yell bloody murder, yield
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
demurral, demurred, demurrer, demurring, except
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