Definizione monolingua

demur

demur (third-person singular simple present demurs, present participle demurring, simple past and past participle demurred)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To linger; to stay; to tarry

   ""Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp. - Nicols?

2. (intransitive) 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.

   Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to demur. - Hayward?

3. (intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk

   I demur to that statement.

   The personnel demurred at the managements new scheme.

4. (intransitive, law) To interpose a demurrer.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about

   The latter I demur, for in their looks Much reason, and in their actions, oft appears. - John Milton

6. (transitive, obsolete) To cause delay to; to put off

   He demands a fee, And then demurs me with a vain delay. - Quarles?

demur (plural demurs)

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

   All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, ``Do; and we go snacks. - Alexander Pope

   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 132:

     Most geologists today would accept such evidence without demur, but it was still ‘fringe’ science when du Toit was publishing.

Definizione dizionario demur

eccepire

esitare

esitazione

obiettare

obiezione

Altri significati:

(transitive, obsolete) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about

(intransitive, law) To interpose a demurrer.

(intransitive) 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.

(intransitive) To balk; to oppose.

(transitive, obsolete) To cause delay to; to put off

To make objection.

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

(intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk

(intransitive, obsolete) To linger; to stay; to tarry

The act of making objection.