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demur

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1. demur - Noun

2. demur - Verb

Meaning

To linger; to stay; to tarry.

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.

To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.

To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.

To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.

To cause delay to; to put off.

Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday Source: Internet

Yet, Demur Chomakhidze, from the Agricultural University of Georgia, paints a grimmer picture from the government and highlights the shortcomings in a report from 2016. Source: Internet

He would say, and I would not demur from that.” Source: Internet

Naturally the officers of the Pfalz were uncommunicative, but they are said to have raised no demur at their enforced return and take their “hold up” quietly. Source: Internet

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