DEMUR
\dɪmˈɜː], \dɪmˈɜː], \d_ɪ_m_ˈɜː]\
Definitions of DEMUR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.
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To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
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To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.
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To cause delay to; to put off.
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Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
By Oddity Software
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To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.
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To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
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To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.
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To cause delay to; to put off.
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Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To hesitate from uncertainty or before difficulty: to object:-pr.p. demurring; pa.p. demurred.
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A stop: pause, hesitation.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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