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demurred
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Demur \De*mur"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Demurred; p. pr. & vb. n. Demurring.] [OF. demurer, demorer, demourer, to linger, stay, F. demeurer, fr. L. demorari; de- + morari to delay, tarry, stay, mora delay; prob. originally, time for thinking, reflection, and akin to memor mindful. See Memory.]
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To linger; to stay; to tarry. [Obs.]
Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp.
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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. To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.
(Law) To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: demur)
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Usage examples of "demurred".
And the forest's always cooler' Larak agreed, though he demurred when she wanted him to bring a shirt, too.
He told her to find what she fancied and he'd have the same but the others demurred, gesturing toward the low table where the remains of a meal could be seen.
He never quite accepted Tasha, but I demurred when she offered to resign.
Tom demurred, and went to the bookcase at the far end of the room, which reached from floor to ceiling.
However, these strange powers had depended upon her maidenhead remaining un pierced She had warned Bazo of this, pleading with him to strip her of her virginity and rid her of these terrible powers, but he had demurred, bound by law and custom, until it had been too late and the wizards had come down from the hills to claim her.