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Definition of 'demur'English
Verb
( demurr)
(obsolete) To linger; to stay; to tarry
* Nicols
- Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp.
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.
* Hayward
- Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to demur .
To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk
- I demur to that statement.
- The personnel demurred at the management's new scheme.
(legal) To interpose a demurrer.
(obsolete) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about
- The latter I demur , for in their looks / Much reason, and in their actions, oft appears. -
(obsolete) To cause delay to; to put off
* Quarles
- He demands a fee, / And then demurs me with a vain delay.
Related terms
* demurrage
* demurrer
Noun
( en-noun)
Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
- All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, ``Do; and we go snacks.'' -
* 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 132:
- Most geologists today would accept such evidence without demur , but it was still ‘fringe’ science when du Toit was publishing.
Derived terms
* demureness
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