Demur /(dē̇*mûr")/

imp. & p. p. Demurred; p. pr. & vb. n. Demurring

1. To linger; to stay; to tarry. [Obs.]

   Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp.

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.

   Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to demur.

3. To scruple or object; to take exception, especially on the basis of scruple or modesty; as, I demur to that statement; they wanted to make him president, but he demurred.

   From the popular assertion that he was the smartest man in the world Gell-Mann was not predisposed to demur.

4. To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2. (Law)

1. To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about. [Obs.]

   The latter I demur, for in their looks Much reason, and in their actions, oft appears.

2. To cause delay to; to put off. [Obs.]

   He demands a fee, And then demurs me with a vain delay.

1. 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.”