[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pause \pause\, v. i. imp.  p. p. paused paddzd; p. pr. 
   vb. n. pausing. cf. f. pauser, l. pausare. see pause,
   n., pose.
   1. to make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit
      speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest. "tarry,
      pause a day or two." --shak.
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            pausing a while, thus to herself she mused.
                                                  --milton.
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   2. to be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
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   3. to hesitate; to hold back; to delay. r.
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            why doth the jew pause? take thy forfeiture. --shak.
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   4. to stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to
      reflect. r. "take time to pause." --shak.
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   to pause upon, to deliberate concerning. --shak.
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   syn: to intermit; stop; stay; wait; delay; tarry; hesitate;
        demur.
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see also:
paused pausing pause pose to pause upon 

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