Demur
Demur (de*mûr") , intransitive verb
[Old French demurer, demorer, demourer, to linger, stay, French demeurer, from Latin demorari; de- + morari to delay, tarry, stay, mora delay; prob. originally, time for thinking, reflection, and akin to memor mindful. See Memory.]
1.
To linger; to stay; to tarry. [Obsolete]
Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp.
2.
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.
3.
To scruple or object; to take exception, especially on the basis of scruple or modesty; as, I demur to that statement; they wanted to make him president, but he demurred.
From the popular assertion that he was the smartest man in the world Gell-Mann was not predisposed to demur.
4.
(Law) To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
Demur , transitive verb
1.
To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about. [Obsolete]
The latter I demur, for in their looks
Much reason, and in their actions, oft appears.
2.
To cause delay to; to put off. [Obsolete]
He demands a fee,
And then demurs me with a vain delay.
Demur , noun
[Old French demor, demore, stay, delay. See Demur, v. i.]
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.”