If your mother asks you to clean your room and you refuse, you demur. And if your friend invites you to the Death Metal Forever concert but you hesitate, you demur. Whether you object, politely disagree, or hesitate, you demur.
To linger; to stay; to tarry.
Noun
(law) a formal objection to an opponent''s pleadings
Verb
take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
Verb
enter a demurrer
v. i.
To linger; to stay; to tarry.
v. i.
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.
v. i.
To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to
that statement.
v. i.
To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
v. t.
To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate
about.
v. t.
To cause delay to; to put off.
v. i.
Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of
decision or action; scruple.
Demur
Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp.2.
Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to demur.3.
Demur
The latter I demur, for in their looks Much reason, and in their actions, oft appears.2.
He demands a fee, And then demurs me with a vain delay.
Demur
All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks."
To linger; to stay; to tarry.
To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.
Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
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