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demur

[dih-mur] / dɪˈmɜr /


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Assent — and you are sane — Demur — you’re straightaway dangerous — And handled with a Chain —

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2018

He was fain, however, to make some Demur, and to Complain, in his usual piteous manner, of being so amerced.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus

Hei mihi! quam timeo, ne nos malus implicet error, Demur et infandis gentibus opprobrio!

From Christianity and Islam in Spain (756-1031) by Haines, Charles Reginald

Demur, de-mur′, v.i. to hesitate from uncertainty or before difficulty: to object:—pr.p. demur′ring; pa.p. demurred′.—n. a stop: pause, hesitation.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various




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