| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To oppose or antagonize.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To collide.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Present participle conjugation of the verb demur.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (demur) | 1. Take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday".[Wordnet]. 2. Enter a demurrer.[Wordnet]. 3. To linger; to stay; to tarry.[Websters]. 4. 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.[Websters]. 5. To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.[Websters]. 6. To interpose a demurrer.[Websters]. 7. To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.[Websters]. 8. To cause delay to; to put off.[Websters]. 9. Base verb from the following inflections: demurring, demurred, demurs, demurrer, demurrers, demurringly and demurredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DEMURRING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEMURRING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Stopping; pausing; suspending proceedings or decision; resting or abiding on a point in law. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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