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[ dih-mur ] SHOW IPA
/ dɪˈmɜr / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used without object), de·murred, de·mur·ring. to make objection, especially on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object: They wanted to make him the treasurer, but he demurred.
Law . to interpose a demurrer.
Archaic . to linger; hesitate.
noun the act of making objection.
an objection raised.
hesitation.
Law . Obsolete . a demurrer.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of demur 1175–1225; Middle English
demuren <Anglo-French
demurer, Old French
demorer <Latin
dēmorārī to linger, equivalent to
dē- de- +
morārī to delay, derivative of
mora delay
SYNONYMS FOR demur 5 scruple, qualm, misgiving.
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OTHER WORDS FROM demur de·mur·ra·ble, adjective un·de·mur·ring, adjective
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Example sentences from the Web for demur “Not everything has a divine plan or anything,” the independent-minded Kentucky Republican demur red.
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Again, I demur red, saying we saw only rebel-controlled checkpoints.
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He demur red: “The overall climate of what people think about charters and school choice varies so much from city to city.”
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Another journalist begged him to do a sill walk live on stage then and there, but he demur red.
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Carrie, meanwhile, had demur red when Saul offered her a promotion to station chief.
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"I did my whole duty at the time, Mr. Broffin," she demur red, with a touch of coldness in her voice.
"Don't be so unmitigatedly solemn about it, Louise," demur red her mother, evasively.
The Eddy | Clarence L. Cullen
Elliott, who considered that she felt the war a good deal, demur red.
The Camerons of Highboro | Beth B. Gilchrist
Miss Baxter demur red over "giving him such a head," but finally was persuaded.
Clark's Field | Robert Herrick
When the Brahman finally accosted them, they first demur red and then, as though still reluctant, consented to hire their boat.
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British Dictionary definitions for demur verb -murs , -murring or -murred (intr) to raise objections or show reluctance; object
law to raise an objection by entering a demurrer
archaic to hesitate; delay
noun also: demurral (dɪˈmʌrəl ) the act of demurring
an objection raised
archaic hesitation
Derived forms of demur demurrable , adjective Word Origin for demur C13: from Old French demorer, from Latin dēmorārī to loiter, linger, from morārī to delay, from mora a delay
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Words related to demur hesitate, vacillate, waver, pussyfoot, disapprove, resist, strain, protest, scruple, pause, fight, doubt, dispute, cavil, balk, combat, object, stick, complain, refuse