Demurverb
To linger; to stay; to tarry
Expostulateverb
(intransitive) To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct.
Demurverb
(intransitive) 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.
Expostulateverb
To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; - followed by with.
‘Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.’;
Demurverb
(intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk
‘I demur to that statement.’; ‘The personnel demurred at the management's new scheme.’;
Expostulateverb
To discuss; to examine.
‘To expostulateWhat majesty should be, what duty is.’;
Demurverb
To interpose a demurrer.
Expostulateverb
reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
Demurverb
To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about
Demurverb
To cause delay to; to put off
Demurnoun
Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
Demurverb
To linger; to stay; to tarry.
‘Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp.’;
Demurverb
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.’;
Demurverb
To scruple or object; to take exception, especailly on the basis of scruple or modesty; as, I demur to that statement; they wanted to make him president, but he demurred.
‘When introduced as the world's smartest man, he was not inclined to demur.’;
Demurverb
To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
Demurverb
To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.
‘The latter I demur, for in their looksMuch reason, and in their actions, oft appears.’;
Demurverb
To cause delay to; to put off.
‘He demands a fee,And then demurs me with a vain delay.’;
Demurnoun
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."’;
Demurnoun
(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
Demurverb
take exception to;
‘he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday’;
Demurverb
enter a demurrer
Demurverb
raise objections or show reluctance
‘normally she would have accepted the challenge, but she demurred’;
Demurverb
put forward a demurrer.
Demurnoun
the action of objecting to or hesitating over something
‘they accepted this ruling without demur’;