Found 5 hits - Term: demur, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
demur \demur"\, v. t.
1. to suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate
about. obs.
1913 webster
the latter i demur, for in their looks
much reason, and in their actions, oft appears.
--milton.
1913 webster
2. to cause delay to; to put off. obs.
1913 webster
he demands a fee,
and then demurs me with a vain delay. --quarles.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
demur \demur"\ d-em^ur", v. i. imp. p. p. demurred
d-em^urd"; 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.
1913 webster
yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp.
--nicols.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
upon this rub, the english embassadors thought fit
to demur. --hayward.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
when introduced as the world's smartest man, he was
not inclined to demur. --kip thorne
pjc
4. law to interpose a demurrer. see demurrer, 2.
1913 webster
see also:
demurred demurring memory demurrer
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
demur \demur"\, n. of. demor, demore, stay, delay. see
demur, v. i.
stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of
decision or action; scruple.
1913 webster
all my demurs but double his attacks;
at last he whispers, "do; and we go snacks." --pope.
1913 webster
see also:
demur
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
demurral demurrer except demurring demurred
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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...demur. demur was Word of the Day on November 12, 2001.. Source: ... demur. n : (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings [syn: ... ..
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...She would ask to see something I had written, and I would demur, ... Beyle accepted this condition without demur and left Milan. --W.G. ... ..
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...Meaning of demur. What does demur mean? demur synonyms, demur antonyms ... demur - take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on ... ..
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...The verb "demur" has two senses: 1. demur, except -- (take exception ... WordNet Definitions. The noun "demur" has one sense: 1. demur, ... ..
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...Schwarzenegger's demur complicates race. With rumors circulating that ... ..
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