demur

  1. Verb.  (intransitive, obsolete) To linger; to stay; to tarry.
  2. Verb.  (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.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive, legal) To interpose a demurrer.
  5. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.
  6. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To cause delay to; to put off.
  7. Noun.  Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.

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