Demur
21demur — [13] Like its French cousin demeurer, demur originally meant ‘stay, linger’. It was not until the 17th century that the current sense, ‘raise objections’, developed, via earlier ‘delay’ and ‘hesitate in uncertainty’. The word comes via Old French …
22demur — v. & n. v.intr. (demurred, demurring) 1 (often foll. by to, at) raise scruples or objections. 2 Law put in a demurrer. n. (also demurral) (usu. in neg.) 1 an objection (agreed without demur). 2 the act or process of objecting. Derivatives:… …
23demur — I. intransitive verb (demurred; demurring) Etymology: Middle English demuren, demeren to linger, from Anglo French demurer, demoerer, from Latin demorari, from de + morari to linger, from mora delay more at mora Date: 13th century 1. archaic… …
24demur — demurrable, adj. /di merr /, v., demurred, demurring, n. v.i. 1. to make objection, esp. on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object: They wanted to make him the treasurer, but he demurred. 2. Law. to interpose a demurrer. 3. Archaic. to… …
25demur — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
26demur — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. take exception, hesitate, object, scruple. n. objection; irresolution, delay. See doubt, dissent, unwillingness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. disagree, dispute, challenge; see complain 1 , object ,… …
27DEMUR — Double Electron Muon Resonance Contributor: CASI …
28demur — de·mur || dɪ mÉœË n. hesitation; objection v. object, protest; hesitate …
29demur v — We ve just brought gold and frankincense, the Magi demurred …
30demur — v. n. 1. Hesitate, pause, stop, waver, be in doubt, stop to consider. 2. Object, raise objections, scruple, state scruples, take exceptions …
