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▪ I. demur, n.|dɪˈmɜː(r)|
Forms: 3–7 demure, 4 demere, demoere, 6 demoure, demourre, demoyre, demor(e, 6–7 demurr(e, 7– demur.
[a. F. demeure, vbl. n. from demeurer: see next.]
†1. Delay, lingering, waiting. Obs.
a1300Floriz & Bl. 591 Blauncheflur heo atwist Þat he makede so longe demure [v.r. demoere: rime ifere]. c1320Sir Beues 125 Theder wardes he gan gon Withouten demere. 1529in Burnet Hist. Ref. II. 97 His Highness had cause..to marvel of your long demor, and lack of expedition. 1660Hickeringill Jamaica (1661) 51 Timely alarum'd by Jacksons Demurres, at the Harbours mouth, for four days Space. 1675Essex Papers (Camden) I. 311 Causing a most unnecessary demurre.
†b. Stay, abode, residence. Obs.
1444in Coll. Hist. Staff. (1891) XII. 318 During the tyme of his demure in the presence of the seid Erle. 1524in Househ. Ord. (1790) 159 In his demurre or passing from place to place. 1532–3Act 24 Hen. VIII, c. 13 Comynge into the Kynges realme..and not minded to make longe or continual demoyre in the same. 1673Ray Journ. Low C. 378 We saw this Town only in transitu, but it merited a little demurr.
†c. Continuance, duration. Obs.
1533in Strype Eccl. Mem. I. xx. 148 Neither unjust matrymony shall have his unjust and incestuous demoure and continuance, as by delayes to Rome it is wont to have.
†2. Hesitation; pause; state of irresolution or doubt. Obs.
1581T. Howell Deuises (1879) 234 No doubtfull drift whereon demurre dependes. 1677W. Hubbard Narrative ii. 49 They were upon some demurre, whether to march directly toward Ossapy. 1683Temple Mem. Wks. 1731 I. 379 He did not expect any Demurr upon such an Offer. 1824Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Capt. Jackson, You were positively at a demur what you did or did not see.
3. The act of demurring; an objection raised or exception taken to a proposed course of action, etc.
1639Mayne City Match iv. ii, Sister, 'tis so projected, therefore make No more demurs. 1770Langhorne Plutarch (1879) I. 154/2 Camillus..invented demurs and pretences of delay. 1791F. Burney Diary 4 June, He then said it was necessary to drink the Queen's health. The gentlemen here made no demur. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xxii, After a little demur, he accepted the offer.
†4. Law. = demurrer1. Obs.
c1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (1878) 36 The adversaries..made thereupon..a special demurre. a1577Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. (1609) 51 If they cannot agree, then is the matter referred to a demurre in the Exchequer chamber. 1660Willsford Scales Comm. A vj b, To procrastinate with Demurs, or Fines and Recoveries without end. 1713Swift Cadenus & V. 120 But with rejoinders and replies..Demur, imparlance, and essoign, The parties ne'er could issue join.
▪ II. demur, v.|dɪˈmɜː(r)|
Forms: 3 demeore, 4 demere, 6 demore, demoore, demour(e, 6–7 demurre, 7–8 demurr, 7– demur.
[a. F. demeurer, in OF. demorer, -mourer (= Pr. and Sp. demorare, It. dimorare):—pop. L. dēmorāre = cl. L. dēmorārī to tarry, delay, f. de- I. 3 + morārī to delay. The OF. demor-, demour-, proper to the forms with atonic radical vowel, was at length assimilated to the tonic form demeur-; the latter gave the ME. forms demeore, demere: cf. people, and the forms meve, preve (F. meuve, preuve) of move, prove.]
†1. intr. To linger, tarry, wait; fig. to dwell upon something. Obs.
a1225Ancr. R. 242 Auh ȝif ich hie swuðe uorðward, demeore ȝe þe lengre. c1300K. Alis. 7295 He n'ul nought that ye demere [rime dere]. 1550Nicolls Thucyd. 73 (R.), Yet durst they not demoure nor abyde vpon the campe. 1559Baldwin in Mirr. Mag. (1563) 39 b, Take hede ye demurre not vpon them. 1595Southwell St. Peter's Compl. 19 But ô, how long demurre I on his eyes. 1604T. Wright Passions v. 213, I demurre too long in these speculative discourses. 1653Urquhart Rabelais i. ii, If that our looks on it demurre.
†b. To stay, remain, abide. Obs.
1523St. Papers Hen. VIII, IV. 34 She cannot demore there without extreme daunjur and peril. 1536Act 28 Hen. VIII, c. 10 Any person..dwellyng, demurryng, inhabitinge or resiant within this realme. 1550Nicolls Thucyd. 72 (R.) The sayde Peloponesyans demoured in the land.
†c. To last, endure, continue. Obs.
1547Hooper Declar. Christ iii. Wks. (Parker Soc.) 21 This defence..shall demour for ever till this church be glorified.
†2. trans. To cause to tarry; to put off, delay.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xviii. 174 Whose judgement is demurred until the day of Reconciliation. 1635Quarles Embl. iv. x. (1818) 239 The lawyer..then demurs me with a vain delay. 1682D'Urfey Butler's Ghost 69, I swear.. Henceforth to take a rougher course, And, what you would demur to force.
†3. intr. To hesitate; to delay or suspend action; to pause in uncertainty. Obs.
1641Milton Ch. Govt. vii. (1851) 135 This is all we get by demurring in Gods service. 1654Codrington tr. Hist. Ivstine 418 He found the King to demur upon it. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. ii. ii. §40 King Edwine demurred to embrace Christianity. 1699Bentley Phal. 516 The Delphians demurring, whether they should accept it or no. 1743J. Davidson æneid viii. 261 You need not demur to challenge. 1778F. Burney Evelina li, You are the first lady who ever made me even demur upon this subject. 1818W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. LXXXVII. 534 All the Yorkists could thus co-operate, without demurring between their rightful sovereigns.
†b. To be of doubtful mind; to remain doubtful. Obs. rare.
1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 3 And demurre with the Philistines, whether God or Fortune smite vs. a1628F. Greville Sidney (1652) 237 To have demurred more seriously upon the sudden change in his Sonne.
†c. trans. To hesitate about. Obs. rare.
1667Milton P.L. ix. 558 What may this mean? Language of Man pronounc't By Tongue of Brute, and human sense exprest? The first..I thought deni'd To Beasts..The latter I demurre, for in thir looks Much reason, and in thir actions oft appeers. a1730E. Fenton Hom. Odyss. xi. Imit. (Seager), Let none demur Obedience to her will.
4. intr. To make scruples or difficulties; to raise objection, take exception to (occas. at, on). (The current sense; often with allusion to the legal sense, 5.)
1639Fuller Holy War ii. xxxvi. (1840) 98 The caliph demurred hereat, as counting such a gesture a diminution to his state. 1751C. Labelye Westm. Br. 93, I..gave my Directions..which being in some Measure demurred to, the Matter was brought before the Board. 1775Sheridan Rivals ii. ii, My process was always very simple—in their younger days, 'twas ‘Jack, do this’—if he demurred, I knocked him down. 1807Southey Espriella's Letters III. 29 They are so unreasonable as to demur at finding corn for them. 1855Browning Let. to Ruskin, I cannot begin writing poetry till my imaginary reader has conceded licences to me which you demur at altogether. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. v. 40 My host at first demurred..but I insisted. 1875McLaren Serm. Ser. ii. ix. 150 We can afford to recognise the fact, though we demur to the inference.
b. trans. To object or take exception to. rare.
1827H. H. Wilson Burmese War (1852) 25 As the demand was unprecedented, the Mugs, who were British subjects, demurred payment. 1876Gladstone Homeric Synchr. 59, I demur the inference from these facts.
5. Law. (intr.) To put in a demurrer.
[a1481Littleton Tenures §96 Et fuist demurre en iudgement en mesme le plee, le quel les xl. iours serront accompts de le primer iour del muster de host le Roy.] 1620J. Wilkinson Coroners & Sherifes 60 It was demurred on in Law. 1628Coke On Litt. 70 a, And it was demured in iudgement in the same plea, whither the 40 dayes should bee accounted from the first day of the muster of the kings host. Ibid. 72 a, He that demurreth in Law confesseth all such matters of fact as are well and sufficiently pleaded. 1641in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 334 To which Plea Mr. Attorney-General demurred in Law, and the said Samuel Vassall joyned in Demurrer with him. 1660Trial of Regic. 107, I must demur to your Jurisdiction. 1681Trial S. Colledge 10 And if so be matter of Law arises upon any evidence that is given against you..you may demurr upon that Evidence, and pray Counsel of the Court to argue that demurrer. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 84 The plaintiff demurred, that is to say, admitted Sir Edward's plea to be true in fact, but denied that it was a sufficient answer. |