1. To linger; to stay; to tarry. [Obs.] Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp. Nicols.
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. Hayward.
3. To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.
4. (Law)
Defn: To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
DEMUR
De*mur", v. t.
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. Milton.
2. To cause delay to; to put off. [Obs.] He demands a fee, And then demurs me with a vain delay. Quarles.
DEMUR
De*mur", n. Etym: [OF. demor, demore, stay, delay. See Demur, v. i.]
Defn: 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." Pope.