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[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 - definition by dict.die.net
...Demur \De*mur"\, n. [OF. demor, demore, stay, delay. See Demur, v. i ... Obs.] The latter I demur, for in their looks Much reason, and in their ... ..
http://dict.die.net/demur/, score=100, date indexed=November 26, 2005, 6:43 am

Zarez 128
...Za vrijeme studija Demur je prijateljevao s Martekom i Jermanom i ve?? ... Demur je oti??ao korak dalje smatraju??i da su tri osnovne forme u ... ..
http://www.zarez.hr/128/vizualna5.htm, score=88, date indexed=January 18, 2006, 6:04 am

Dictionary.com/demur
...demur. demur was Word of the Day on November 12, 2001.. Source: ... demur. n : (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings [syn: ... ..
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=demur, score=88, date indexed=November 14, 2005, 12:50 pm

Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: demur
...She would ask to see something I had written, and I would demur, ... Beyle accepted this condition without demur and left Milan. --W.G. ... ..
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2004/12/07.html, score=85, date indexed=November 20, 2005, 2:41 pm

demur - definition of demur by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and ...
...Meaning of demur. What does demur mean? demur synonyms, demur antonyms ... demur - take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on ... ..
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/demur, score=74, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 8:11 pm

Demur - Open Dictionary
...The verb "demur" has two senses: 1. demur, except -- (take exception ... WordNet Definitions. The noun "demur" has one sense: 1. demur, ... ..
http://www.open-dictionary.com/Demur, score=71, date indexed=November 25, 2005, 3:33 am

My-ESM - Memory chip makers demur on 400MHz DDR-I
...Wednesday, January 18, 2006 Memory chip makers demur on 400MHz DDR-I. ... ..
http://www.ebnonline.com/story/OEG20020326S0020, score=65, date indexed=January 18, 2006, 12:22 pm


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http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=demur, score=65, date indexed=January 4, 2006, 8:32 pm

Schwarzenegger's demur complicates race | csmonitor.com
...Schwarzenegger's demur complicates race. With rumors circulating that ... ..
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0730/p02s01-uspo.html, score=60, date indexed=January 27, 2006, 6:29 am

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