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Raredemur
The correct spelling is demur.
How to pronounce demur
noun
IPA: /dɪˈmɜː/
Say it like: Dem-ur
The correct spelling is demur. Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple. For example: "I demur to that statement."
Usage Examples
“I demur to that statement.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
verb
- 1.To linger; to stay; to tarry
- 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.
- 3.To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk
- 4.To interpose a demurrer.
- 5.To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about
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