Crossword-Solution: DEMUR
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Demur | v. i. | To linger; to stay; to tarry. |
| Demur | v. i. | 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. |
| Demur | v. i. | To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement. |
| Demur | v. i. | To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2. |
| Demur | v. t. | To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about. |
| Demur | v. t. | To cause delay to; to put off. |
| Demur | v. i. | Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DEMUR | anagram | DERUM, DURME, EDRUM, MURED |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with DEMUR (5)
When dawn came Tarzan explained his plan of battle to the warriors, and without demur one and all agreed that it was the safest and surest way in which to rid themselves of their unwelcome visitors and be revenged for the murder of their fellows.
Yet a promise was a promise, and, again, was it not true that but for von Horn she would have been dead or worse than dead in a short time had she not been rescued from the clutches of the soulless Bulan? Thus did the old man justify his action, and clinch the determination that he had before reached to compel Virginia to wed von Horn should she, from some incomprehensible motive, demur.
His own possessions, safety, life, he would have hazarded for Lucie and her child, without a moment’s demur; but the great trust he held was not his own, and as to that business charge he was a strict man of business.
The young man made some feeble demur, but it was obvious to the bookseller that he was vastly elated at the idea of making Miss Chapman's acquaintance.
Will ye renounce this pact of creatureship? The pattern on the Mount subsists no more, {625} Seemed awhile, then returned to nothingness; But copies, Moses strove to make thereby, Serve still and are replaced as time requires: By these, make newest vessels, reach the type! If ye demur, this judgment on your head, {630} Never to reach the ultimate, angels’ law, Indulging every instinct of the soul There where law, life, joy, impulse are one thing! “Such is the burthen of the latest time.
Quotes with DEMUR (2)
most Americans think of Rosa Parks as a demur, pleasant-enough seamstress who backed into history by being too tired to get out of her seat on a bus one day, in reality she had been trained in nonviolence spirit and tactics at a famous institution, Highlander Folk School. It seems to be a difficult concept for most of us that peace is a skill that can be learned. We know war can be learned, but we seem to think that one becomes a peacemaker by a mere change of heart. (23)
Friendship which is of its nature a delicate thing fastidious slow of growth is easily checked will hesitate demur recoil where love good old blustering love bowls ahead and blunders through every obstacle.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 129 times in crossword archives (1954–2023).