Demur

[dɪ'mɜː] or [dɪ'mɝ]

Definition

(noun.) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings.

(verb.) take exception to; 'he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday'.

(verb.) enter a demurrer.

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Definition

(v. i.) To linger; to stay; to tarry.

(v. i.) 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.

(v. i.) To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.

(v. i.) To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.

(v. t.) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.

(v. t.) To cause delay to; to put off.

(v. i.) Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Hesitate, pause, stop, waver, be in doubt, stop to consider.[2]. Object, raise objections.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Dubitate, hesitate, halt, pause, doubt, scruple, object

ANT:Approve, acquiesce, agree, assent, consent

Checker: Muriel

Definition

v.i. to hesitate from uncertainty or before difficulty: to object:—pr.p. demur′ring; pa.p. demurred′.—n. a stop: pause hesitation.—adj. Demur′rable.—ns. Demur′rage an allowance made for undue delay or detention of a vessel in port: compensation paid by the freighter to the owner of the same: allowance for undue detention of railway-wagons &c.; Demur′rer one who demurs: (law) a plea in law that even if the opponent's facts are as he says they yet do not support his case.

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