Demur(v. i.) Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
Demur(v. i.) To linger; to stay; to tarry.
Demur(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.
Demur(v. i.) To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.
Demur(v. i.) To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
Demur(v. t.) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.
Demur(v. t.) To cause delay to; to put off.
Demure(a.) Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave.
Demure(a.) Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
Demure(v. i.) To look demurely.
Demurely(adv.) In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty.
Demureness(n.) The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.
Demurity(n.) Demureness; also, one who is demure.
Demurred(imp. & p. p.) of Demur
Demurring(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demur
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