demurn.

/dɪˈməː/

Forms: Middle English–1600s demure, Middle English demere, demoere, 1500s demoure, demourre, demoyre, demor(e, 1500s–1700s demurr(e, 1600s– demur.

Etymology: < French demeure, verbal noun < demeurer : see demur v.

†1.

a. Delay, lingering, waiting. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun]

longingeOE

bideOE

abodec1225

bodea1300

demura1300

dwella1300

litinga1300

delayc1300

delayingc1300

demurrancec1300

but honec1325

without ensoignec1325

abidec1330

dretchingc1330

dwellingc1330

essoinc1330

tarrying1340

litea1350

delaymenta1393

respitea1393

oversettinga1398

delayancea1400

delitea1400

lingeringa1400

stounding?a1400

sunyiea1400

targea1400

train?a1400

deferring14..

dilation14..

dayc1405

prolongingc1425

spacec1430

adjourningc1436

retardationc1437

prolongation?a1439

training1440

adjournment1445

sleuthingc1450

tarry1451

tarriance1460

prorogation1476

oversetc1485

tarriage1488

debaid1489

supersedement1492

superseding1494

off-putting1496

postponing1496

tract1503

dilating1509

sparinga1513

hafting1519

sufferance1523

tracking1524

sticking1525

stay1530

pause1532

protraction1535

tracting1535

protract of time1536

protracting1540

postposition1546

staying1546

procrastination1548

difference1559

surceasing1560

tardation1568

detract1570

detracting1572

tarryment1575

rejourning1578

detraction1579

longness1579

rejournment1579

holding1581

reprieving1583

cunctation1585

retarding1585

retardance1586

temporizing1587

by and by1591

suspensea1592

procrastinatinga1594

tardance1595

linger1597

forslacking1600

morrowing1602

recess1603

deferment1612

attendance1614

put-off1623

adjournal1627

fristing1637

hanging-up1638

retardment1640

dilatoriness1642

suspension1645

stickagea1647

tardidation1647

transtemporation1651

demurragea1656

prolatation1656

prolation1656

moration1658

perendination1658

offput1730

retardure1751

postponement1757

retard1781

traverse1799

tarrowing1832

mañana1845

temporization1888

procrastinativeness1893

deferral1895

traa dy liooar1897

stalling1927

heel-tapping1949

off-put1970

a1300 Floriz & Bl. 591 Blauncheflur heo atwist Þat he makede so longe demure [v.r. demoere: rhyme ifere].

c1320 Sir Beues 125 Theder wardes he gan gon Withouten demere.

1529 in Burnet Hist. Ref. II. 97 His Highness had cause..to marvel of your long demor, and lack of expedition.

1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 51 Timely alarum'd by Jacksons Demurres, at the Harbours mouth, for four days Space.

1675 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 311 Causing a most unnecessary demurre.

†b. Stay, abode, residence. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun]

wonningc960

bewistc1200

livingc1350

lodging1362

habitationc1374

indwellinga1382

dwellingc1384

inhabitinga1400

bidingc1400

inhabitationc1400

residencec1405

mansiona1425

winningc1425

demur1444

abodec1450

resianty1467

demurrance1509

resiance1566

place-being1567

residency1579

resiancy1580

commorancy1586

residing1587

inhabitance1588

abodement1592

commorance1594

habit1603

commoration1623

inwoning1647

inhabitancy1681

habitancy1792

domicile1835

occupying1849

abidal1850

tenancy1856

1444 in Coll. Hist. Staffs. (1891) XII. 318 During the tyme of his demure in the presence of the seid Erle.

1526 Eltham Ordinances in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 159 In his demurre or passing from place to place.

1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 13 Comynge into the Kynges realme..and not minded to make longe or continual demoyre in the same.

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 378 We saw this Town only in transitu, but it merited a little demurr.

†c. Continuance, duration. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] > continuance, duration

arrestc1386

continuance1393

tenor1398

lasta1400

lastinga1400

abiding?a1425

demur1533

remanence1558

subsistence1600

continualness1611

incessancy?1615

continuancy1621

uncessantness1627

mansion1637

subsistency1642

remanency1647

unintermissiveness1651

indesinency1657

continuation1664

unintermission1681

incessantness1727

unceasingness1727

unintermittingness1866

1533 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. xx. 148 Neither unjust matrymony shall have his unjust and incestuous demoure and continuance, as by delayes to Rome it is wont to have.

†2. Hesitation; pause; state of irresolution or doubt. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun]

yea-and-nayc1384

vacillationc1400

titteringa1413

stackeringc1440

wondingc1440

fluctuationc1450

waver1519

mammering1532

uncertainty1548

wavering1548

to and fro1553

suspense1560

staggering1565

suspension1568

mammery1578

demur1581

branle1591

dilly-dally1592

hesitance1601

irresolution1601

uncertainness1601

undecision1611

waveringness1614

hesitancy1617

unsettledness1619

hesitation1622

unresolvednessa1626

doubleness of minda1628

wavinga1628

swagging1636

poise1637

mambling1640

stickagea1647

vacillancy1668

whifflinga1677

hovering1679

unresolve1679

irresoluteness1686

shilly-shally1755

indecisiona1763

undecisiveness1779

indecisiveness1793

oscillation1798

flexility1815

shilly-shallying1842

swaying1850

Hamletism1852

teeter1855

havering1866

off and on1875

dilly-dallying1879

double-mindedness1881

hesitatingness1890

dither1958

1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. I.iij^v No doubtfull drift whereon demurre dependes.

1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 49 They were upon some demurre, whether to march directly toward Ossapy.

1683 W. Temple Mem. in Wks. (1731) I. 379 He did not expect any Demurr upon such an Offer.

1824 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 482/2 You were positively at a demur what you did, or did not see.

3. The act of demurring; an objection raised or exception taken to a proposed course of action, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun]

objectionc1410

reprobation?c1500

protesting1582

demurring1593

exceptance1603

exceptiona1604

demur1639

demurral1808

demurrage1822

objectation1886

nay-saying1893

1639 J. Mayne Citye Match iv. ii Sister, 'tis so projected, therefore make No more demurs.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 154/2 Camillus..invented demurs and pretences of delay.

1791 F. Burney Diary 4 June (1842) V. 208 He then said it was necessary to drink the Queen's health. The gentlemen here made no demur.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxii. 212 After a little demur he accepted the offer.

†4. Law. = demurrer n.¹ Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > demurrer

demurrer1547

demura1575

demurring1593

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 36 The adversaries..made thereupon..a special demurre.

1589 Sir T. Smith's Common-welth (rev. ed.) ii. xiii. 71 If they can not agree, then is the matter referred to a demurre in the Exchequer chamber.

1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade A vj b To procrastinate with Demurs, or Fines and Recoveries without end.

1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 9 But with Rejoinders and Replies..Demurr, Imparlance, and Essoign, The Parties ne'er cou'd Issue join.

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demurv.

/dɪˈməː/

Forms: Middle English demeore, Middle English demere, 1500s demore, demoore, demour(e, 1500s–1600s demurre, 1600s–1700s demurr, 1600s– demur.

Etymology: < French demeurer, in Old French demorer , -mourer (= Provençal demorar , Spanish demorar , Italian dimorare ) < popular Latin dēmorāre = classical Latin dēmorārī to tarry, delay, < de- prefix 1c + morārī to delay. The Old French demor- , demour- , proper to the forms with atonic radical vowel, was at length assimilated to the tonic form demeur- ; the latter gave the Middle English forms demeore , demere : compare people n., and the forms meve , preve (French meuve , preuve ) of move n., prove n.

†1.

a. intransitive. To linger, tarry, wait; figurative to dwell upon something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)]

geleOE

studegieOE

abideOE

to do in or a (= on) fristc1175

dwellc1175

demurc1230

targec1250

dretcha1325

tarrya1375

sojourn1377

defer1382

letc1385

hinderc1386

blina1400

delay?a1400

honea1400

litea1400

overbidea1400

prolongc1425

supersede1433

hoverc1440

tarrowc1480

sunyie1488

stay?a1500

sleep1519

slack1530

protract1540

linger1548

procrastinate1548

slackc1560

slug1565

jauk1568

temporize1579

detract1584

longering1587

sit1591

prorogue1593

to time it out1613

to lie out1640

crastinate1656

taigle17..

to hang fire1782

to hold off1790

to hang it on1819

prevaricate1854

to lie over1856

to tread water1942

to drag one's feet1946

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 123 Ah ȝef ich hihi forðward demeori ȝe þe lengre.

c1300 K. Alis. 7295 He n'ul nought that ye demere [rhyme dere].

1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War iii. i. f. lxxiii Yet durst they not demoure nor abyde vpon the campe.

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates James I. f. xxxix^v Take hede ye demurre not vpon them.

1595 R. Southwell St. Peter's Complaint 19 But ô, how long demurre I on his eyes.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 213 I demurre too long in these speculative discourses.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. ii. 13 If that our looks on it demurre.

†b. To stay, remain, abide. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)]

wonc725

erdec893

siteOE

liveeOE

to make one's woningc960

through-wonOE

bigc1175

walkc1225

inwonea1300

lenda1300

lenga1300

lingera1300

erthec1300

stallc1315

lasta1325

lodge1362

habit?a1366

breeda1375

inhabitc1374

indwella1382

to have one's mansionc1385

to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400

keepc1400

repairc1400

to have (also hold, keep, make) one's residencec1405

to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425

winc1425

to make (one's) residence1433

resort1453

abidec1475

use1488

remaina1500

demur1523

to keep one's house1523

occupy1523

reside1523

enerdc1540

kennel1552

bower1596

to have (also hold, keep, make) residence1597

subsist1618

mansiona1638

tenant1650

fastena1657

hospitate1681

wont1692

stay1754

to hang out1811

home1832

habitate1866

1523 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 34 She cannot demore there without extreme daunjur and peril.

1536 Act 28 Hen. VIII c. 10 Any person..dwellyng, demurryng, inhabitinge or resiant within this realme.

1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War iii. i. f. lxxii The sayde Peloponesyans demoured in that lande.

†c. To last, endure, continue. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue

bidec893

lastOE

through-wonOE

ylasta1000

standOE

runOE

lastlOE

beleavec1200

abidec1275

cleavec1275

durec1275

dwell13..

endurec1386

perseverec1390

continuec1400

contunec1400

tarrya1450

remainc1455

perdure?a1475

rest1474

permanec1485

succeed1486

perpetuate1530

persist1531

demur1547

perduratea1558

weara1568

to hold it out1585

to hold out1585

abye1590

contain1592

live1592

perennate1623

to draw overa1700

exist1754

linger1764

to hang it out1939

1547 J. Hooper Declar. Christe iii, in Early Writings (1843) 21 This defence..shall demour for ever till this church be glorified.

†2. transitive. To cause to tarry; to put off, delay.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)]

forslowc888

eldc897

forsita940

gele971

lengOE

drilla1300

delayc1300

onfrestc1300

tarryc1320

jornc1330

dretchc1380

defer1382

forbida1387

to put offa1387

to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393

dilate1399

fordrawa1400

to put overc1410

latch?c1422

adjournc1425

prolongc1425

proloynec1425

rejournc1425

to put in respite1428

sleuthc1430

respitea1450

prorogue1453

refer1466

sleep1470

supersede1482

respectc1487

postpone1496

overseta1500

respett1500

enjourna1513

relong1523

retract1524

tarde1524

track1524

to fode forth1525

tract1527

protract1528

further1529

to make stay of1530

surcease1530

prorogate1534

to fay upon longc1540

linger1543

retard?1543

slake1544

procrastine1548

reprieve1548

remit1550

suspense1556

leave1559

shiftc1562

suspend1566

procrastinate1569

dally1574

post1577

to hold off1580

drift1584

loiter1589

postpose1598

to take one's (own) timea1602

flag1602

slug1605

elong1610

belay1613

demur1613

tardya1616

to hang up1623

frist1637

disjourn1642

future1642

off1642

waive1653

superannuate1655

perendinate1656

stave1664

detard1675

remora1686

to put back1718

withhold1726

protract1737

to keep over1847

to hold over1853

laten1860

to lay over1885

hold1891

back-burner1975

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xviii. 174 Whose judgement is demurred until the day of Reconciliation.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. xi. 226 The Lawyer..then demurres me with a vaine delay.

1682 T. D'Urfey Butler's Ghost 69 I swear.. Henceforth to take a rougher course, And, what you would demur to force.

†3.

a. intransitive. To hesitate; to delay or suspend action; to pause in uncertainty. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)]

haltc825

flecchec1300

waverc1315

flickerc1325

wag1387

swervea1400

floghter1521

stacker1526

to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530

wave1532

stagger1533

to hang in the wind1536

to waver as, like, with the wind1548

mammer1554

sway1563

dodge1568

erch1584

suspend1585

float1598

swag1608

hoverc1620

hesitate1623

vacillate1623

fluctuate1634

demur1641

balance1656

to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674

to stand shall I, shall I1674

to go shill-I shall-I1700

to stand at shilly-shally1700

to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734

whiffle1737

dilly-dally1740

to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751

oscillate1771

shilly-shally1782

dacker1817

librate1822

humdrum1825

swing1833

(to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848

to back and fill1854

haver1866

wobble1867

shaffle1873

dicker1879

to be on the weigh-scales1886

waffle1894

to think twice1898

to teeter on the brink1902

dither1908

vagulate1918

pern1920

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 30 This is all we get by demurring in Gods service.

1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. 418 He found the King to demur upon it.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 72 King Edwine demurred to embrace Christianity.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 516 The Delphians demurring, whether they should accept it or no.

1743 J. Davidson tr. Virgil Æneid viii. 261 You need not demur to challenge.

1778 F. Burney Evelina II. xix. 177 You are the first lady who ever made me even demur upon this subject.

1818 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 87 534 All the Yorkists could thus co-operate, without demurring between their rightful sovereigns.

†b. To be of doubtful mind; to remain doubtful. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt, be uncertain [verb (intransitive)]

tweonc897

to be at or in weeningc1275

doubtc1325

dreadc1400

vary1477

swither1535

stay1583

to have or make scruple of1600

demur1612

demurea1616

hesitate1623

Nicodemize1624

scruple1639

scrupulize1642

query1647

to make doubt1709

to have scruples1719

to have weres1768

mislippen1816

dubitate1837

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 3 And demurre with the Philistines, whether God or Fortune smite vs.

a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) xvii. 237 To have demurr'd more seriously upon the sudden change in his Sonne.

†c. transitive. To hesitate about. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt [verb (transitive)]

doubta1400

question1533

misdoubt?c1550

scrupulize1625

scruple1641

demur1667

suspect1698

query1815

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 558 What may this mean? Language of Man pronounc't By Tongue of Brute, and human sense exprest? The first..I thought deni'd To Beasts..The latter I demurre, for in thir looks Much reason, and in thir actions oft appeers.

1717 E. Fenton tr. Homer Odyssey xi, in Poems 108 Let none demur Obedience to her will.

a. intransitive. To make scruples or difficulties; to raise objection, take exception to (occasionally at, on). (The current sense; often with allusion to the legal sense, 5.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (intransitive)]

opposec1380

repugna1382

object?a1425

to stick at ——1525

quarrel1570

except1597

formalize1597

demur1639

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xxxvi. 92 The Caliph demurred hereat, as counting such a gesture a diminution to his State.

1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 93 I..gave my Directions..which being in some Measure demurred to, the Matter was brought before the Board.

1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals ii. ii My process was always very simple—in their younger days, 'twas ‘Jack, do this’—if he demurred, I knocked him down.

1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. 29 They are so unreasonable as to demur at finding corn for them.

1855 R. Browning Let. to Ruskin I cannot begin writing poetry till my imaginary reader has conceded licences to me which you demur at altogether.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. v. 40 My host at first demurred..but I insisted.

1875 A. Maclaren Serm. 2nd Ser. ix. 150 We can afford to recognise the fact, though we demur to the inference.

b. transitive. To object or take exception to. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (transitive)]

strivea1400

objectc1443

repugna1513

controlc1525

to lay something in a person's light1530

pass1534

take1542

to think (it) much1548

challenge?1577

except1577

except1597

to formalize upon1597

formalize1599

scruple1627

demur1827

1827 H. H. Wilson Burmese War (1852) 25 As the demand was unprecedented, the Mugs, who were British subjects, demurred payment.

1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 59 I demur the inference from these facts.

5. Law. (intransitive) To put in a demurrer n.¹

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > plead [verb (intransitive)] > demur

demur1620

a1481 T. Littleton Tenures (1482) ii. sig. bii Et fuist demurre en iugement en mesme le plee le quell les xl. iours serront accomptez de le iour de le muster del hoste le Roy.]

1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 60 It was demurred on in Law.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 70 a And it was demured in iudgement in the same plea, whither the 40 dayes should bee accounted from the first day of the muster of the kings host.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 72 a He that demurreth in Law confesseth all such matters of fact as are well and sufficiently pleaded.

1641 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 334 To which Plea Mr. Attorney-General demurred in Law, and the said Samuel Vassall joyned in Demurrer with him.

1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 107 I must demur to your Jurisdiction.

1681 Arraignm.,Tryal & Condemnation S. Colledge 10 And if so be matter of Law arises upon any evidence that is given against you..you may demurr upon that Evidence, and pray Counsel of the Court to argue that demurrer.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 84 The plaintiff demurred, that is to say, admitted Sir Edward's plea to be true in fact, but denied that it was a sufficient answer.

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单词	demur
释义	demurn. /dɪˈməː/ Forms: Middle English–1600s demure, Middle English demere, demoere, 1500s demoure, demourre, demoyre, demor(e, 1500s–1700s demurr(e, 1600s– demur. Etymology: < French demeure, verbal noun < demeurer : see demur v. †1. a. Delay, lingering, waiting. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] longingeOE bideOE abodec1225 bodea1300 demura1300 dwella1300 litinga1300 delayc1300 delayingc1300 demurrancec1300 but honec1325 without ensoignec1325 abidec1330 dretchingc1330 dwellingc1330 essoinc1330 tarrying1340 litea1350 delaymenta1393 respitea1393 oversettinga1398 delayancea1400 delitea1400 lingeringa1400 stounding?a1400 sunyiea1400 targea1400 train?a1400 deferring14.. dilation14.. dayc1405 prolongingc1425 spacec1430 adjourningc1436 retardationc1437 prolongation?a1439 training1440 adjournment1445 sleuthingc1450 tarry1451 tarriance1460 prorogation1476 oversetc1485 tarriage1488 debaid1489 supersedement1492 superseding1494 off-putting1496 postponing1496 tract1503 dilating1509 sparinga1513 hafting1519 sufferance1523 tracking1524 sticking1525 stay1530 pause1532 protraction1535 tracting1535 protract of time1536 protracting1540 postposition1546 staying1546 procrastination1548 difference1559 surceasing1560 tardation1568 detract1570 detracting1572 tarryment1575 rejourning1578 detraction1579 longness1579 rejournment1579 holding1581 reprieving1583 cunctation1585 retarding1585 retardance1586 temporizing1587 by and by1591 suspensea1592 procrastinatinga1594 tardance1595 linger1597 forslacking1600 morrowing1602 recess1603 deferment1612 attendance1614 put-off1623 adjournal1627 fristing1637 hanging-up1638 retardment1640 dilatoriness1642 suspension1645 stickagea1647 tardidation1647 transtemporation1651 demurragea1656 prolatation1656 prolation1656 moration1658 perendination1658 offput1730 retardure1751 postponement1757 retard1781 traverse1799 tarrowing1832 mañana1845 temporization1888 procrastinativeness1893 deferral1895 traa dy liooar1897 stalling1927 heel-tapping1949 off-put1970 a1300 Floriz & Bl. 591 Blauncheflur heo atwist Þat he makede so longe demure [v.r. demoere: rhyme ifere]. c1320 Sir Beues 125 Theder wardes he gan gon Withouten demere. 1529 in Burnet Hist. Ref. II. 97 His Highness had cause..to marvel of your long demor, and lack of expedition. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 51 Timely alarum'd by Jacksons Demurres, at the Harbours mouth, for four days Space. 1675 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 311 Causing a most unnecessary demurre. †b. Stay, abode, residence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] wonningc960 bewistc1200 livingc1350 lodging1362 habitationc1374 indwellinga1382 dwellingc1384 inhabitinga1400 bidingc1400 inhabitationc1400 residencec1405 mansiona1425 winningc1425 demur1444 abodec1450 resianty1467 demurrance1509 resiance1566 place-being1567 residency1579 resiancy1580 commorancy1586 residing1587 inhabitance1588 abodement1592 commorance1594 habit1603 commoration1623 inwoning1647 inhabitancy1681 habitancy1792 domicile1835 occupying1849 abidal1850 tenancy1856 1444 in Coll. Hist. Staffs. (1891) XII. 318 During the tyme of his demure in the presence of the seid Erle. 1526 Eltham Ordinances in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 159 In his demurre or passing from place to place. 1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 13 Comynge into the Kynges realme..and not minded to make longe or continual demoyre in the same. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 378 We saw this Town only in transitu, but it merited a little demurr. †c. Continuance, duration. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] > continuance, duration arrestc1386 continuance1393 tenor1398 lasta1400 lastinga1400 abiding?a1425 demur1533 remanence1558 subsistence1600 continualness1611 incessancy?1615 continuancy1621 uncessantness1627 mansion1637 subsistency1642 remanency1647 unintermissiveness1651 indesinency1657 continuation1664 unintermission1681 incessantness1727 unceasingness1727 unintermittingness1866 1533 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. xx. 148 Neither unjust matrymony shall have his unjust and incestuous demoure and continuance, as by delayes to Rome it is wont to have. †2. Hesitation; pause; state of irresolution or doubt. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] yea-and-nayc1384 vacillationc1400 titteringa1413 stackeringc1440 wondingc1440 fluctuationc1450 waver1519 mammering1532 uncertainty1548 wavering1548 to and fro1553 suspense1560 staggering1565 suspension1568 mammery1578 demur1581 branle1591 dilly-dally1592 hesitance1601 irresolution1601 uncertainness1601 undecision1611 waveringness1614 hesitancy1617 unsettledness1619 hesitation1622 unresolvednessa1626 doubleness of minda1628 wavinga1628 swagging1636 poise1637 mambling1640 stickagea1647 vacillancy1668 whifflinga1677 hovering1679 unresolve1679 irresoluteness1686 shilly-shally1755 indecisiona1763 undecisiveness1779 indecisiveness1793 oscillation1798 flexility1815 shilly-shallying1842 swaying1850 Hamletism1852 teeter1855 havering1866 off and on1875 dilly-dallying1879 double-mindedness1881 hesitatingness1890 dither1958 1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. I.iij^v No doubtfull drift whereon demurre dependes. 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 49 They were upon some demurre, whether to march directly toward Ossapy. 1683 W. Temple Mem. in Wks. (1731) I. 379 He did not expect any Demurr upon such an Offer. 1824 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 482/2 You were positively at a demur what you did, or did not see. 3. The act of demurring; an objection raised or exception taken to a proposed course of action, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun] objectionc1410 reprobation?c1500 protesting1582 demurring1593 exceptance1603 exceptiona1604 demur1639 demurral1808 demurrage1822 objectation1886 nay-saying1893 1639 J. Mayne Citye Match iv. ii Sister, 'tis so projected, therefore make No more demurs. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 154/2 Camillus..invented demurs and pretences of delay. 1791 F. Burney Diary 4 June (1842) V. 208 He then said it was necessary to drink the Queen's health. The gentlemen here made no demur. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxii. 212 After a little demur he accepted the offer. †4. Law. = demurrer n.¹ Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > demurrer demurrer1547 demura1575 demurring1593 a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 36 The adversaries..made thereupon..a special demurre. 1589 Sir T. Smith's Common-welth (rev. ed.) ii. xiii. 71 If they can not agree, then is the matter referred to a demurre in the Exchequer chamber. 1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade A vj b To procrastinate with Demurs, or Fines and Recoveries without end. 1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 9 But with Rejoinders and Replies..Demurr, Imparlance, and Essoign, The Parties ne'er cou'd Issue join. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021). demurv. /dɪˈməː/ Forms: Middle English demeore, Middle English demere, 1500s demore, demoore, demour(e, 1500s–1600s demurre, 1600s–1700s demurr, 1600s– demur. Etymology: < French demeurer, in Old French demorer , -mourer (= Provençal demorar , Spanish demorar , Italian dimorare ) < popular Latin dēmorāre = classical Latin dēmorārī to tarry, delay, < de- prefix 1c + morārī to delay. The Old French demor- , demour- , proper to the forms with atonic radical vowel, was at length assimilated to the tonic form demeur- ; the latter gave the Middle English forms demeore , demere : compare people n., and the forms meve , preve (French meuve , preuve ) of move n., prove n. †1. a. intransitive. To linger, tarry, wait; figurative to dwell upon something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] geleOE studegieOE abideOE to do in or a (= on) fristc1175 dwellc1175 demurc1230 targec1250 dretcha1325 tarrya1375 sojourn1377 defer1382 letc1385 hinderc1386 blina1400 delay?a1400 honea1400 litea1400 overbidea1400 prolongc1425 supersede1433 hoverc1440 tarrowc1480 sunyie1488 stay?a1500 sleep1519 slack1530 protract1540 linger1548 procrastinate1548 slackc1560 slug1565 jauk1568 temporize1579 detract1584 longering1587 sit1591 prorogue1593 to time it out1613 to lie out1640 crastinate1656 taigle17.. to hang fire1782 to hold off1790 to hang it on1819 prevaricate1854 to lie over1856 to tread water1942 to drag one's feet1946 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 123 Ah ȝef ich hihi forðward demeori ȝe þe lengre. c1300 K. Alis. 7295 He n'ul nought that ye demere [rhyme dere]. 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War iii. i. f. lxxiii Yet durst they not demoure nor abyde vpon the campe. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates James I. f. xxxix^v Take hede ye demurre not vpon them. 1595 R. Southwell St. Peter's Complaint 19 But ô, how long demurre I on his eyes. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 213 I demurre too long in these speculative discourses. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. ii. 13 If that our looks on it demurre. †b. To stay, remain, abide. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] wonc725 erdec893 siteOE liveeOE to make one's woningc960 through-wonOE bigc1175 walkc1225 inwonea1300 lenda1300 lenga1300 lingera1300 erthec1300 stallc1315 lasta1325 lodge1362 habit?a1366 breeda1375 inhabitc1374 indwella1382 to have one's mansionc1385 to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400 keepc1400 repairc1400 to have (also hold, keep, make) one's residencec1405 to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425 winc1425 to make (one's) residence1433 resort1453 abidec1475 use1488 remaina1500 demur1523 to keep one's house1523 occupy1523 reside1523 enerdc1540 kennel1552 bower1596 to have (also hold, keep, make) residence1597 subsist1618 mansiona1638 tenant1650 fastena1657 hospitate1681 wont1692 stay1754 to hang out1811 home1832 habitate1866 1523 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 34 She cannot demore there without extreme daunjur and peril. 1536 Act 28 Hen. VIII c. 10 Any person..dwellyng, demurryng, inhabitinge or resiant within this realme. 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War iii. i. f. lxxii The sayde Peloponesyans demoured in that lande. †c. To last, endure, continue. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue bidec893 lastOE through-wonOE ylasta1000 standOE runOE lastlOE beleavec1200 abidec1275 cleavec1275 durec1275 dwell13.. endurec1386 perseverec1390 continuec1400 contunec1400 tarrya1450 remainc1455 perdure?a1475 rest1474 permanec1485 succeed1486 perpetuate1530 persist1531 demur1547 perduratea1558 weara1568 to hold it out1585 to hold out1585 abye1590 contain1592 live1592 perennate1623 to draw overa1700 exist1754 linger1764 to hang it out1939 1547 J. Hooper Declar. Christe iii, in Early Writings (1843) 21 This defence..shall demour for ever till this church be glorified. †2. transitive. To cause to tarry; to put off, delay. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xviii. 174 Whose judgement is demurred until the day of Reconciliation. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. xi. 226 The Lawyer..then demurres me with a vaine delay. 1682 T. D'Urfey Butler's Ghost 69 I swear.. Henceforth to take a rougher course, And, what you would demur to force. †3. a. intransitive. To hesitate; to delay or suspend action; to pause in uncertainty. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] haltc825 flecchec1300 waverc1315 flickerc1325 wag1387 swervea1400 floghter1521 stacker1526 to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530 wave1532 stagger1533 to hang in the wind1536 to waver as, like, with the wind1548 mammer1554 sway1563 dodge1568 erch1584 suspend1585 float1598 swag1608 hoverc1620 hesitate1623 vacillate1623 fluctuate1634 demur1641 balance1656 to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674 to stand shall I, shall I1674 to go shill-I shall-I1700 to stand at shilly-shally1700 to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734 whiffle1737 dilly-dally1740 to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751 oscillate1771 shilly-shally1782 dacker1817 librate1822 humdrum1825 swing1833 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848 to back and fill1854 haver1866 wobble1867 shaffle1873 dicker1879 to be on the weigh-scales1886 waffle1894 to think twice1898 to teeter on the brink1902 dither1908 vagulate1918 pern1920 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 30 This is all we get by demurring in Gods service. 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. 418 He found the King to demur upon it. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 72 King Edwine demurred to embrace Christianity. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 516 The Delphians demurring, whether they should accept it or no. 1743 J. Davidson tr. Virgil Æneid viii. 261 You need not demur to challenge. 1778 F. Burney Evelina II. xix. 177 You are the first lady who ever made me even demur upon this subject. 1818 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 87 534 All the Yorkists could thus co-operate, without demurring between their rightful sovereigns. †b. To be of doubtful mind; to remain doubtful. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt, be uncertain [verb (intransitive)] tweonc897 to be at or in weeningc1275 doubtc1325 dreadc1400 vary1477 swither1535 stay1583 to have or make scruple of1600 demur1612 demurea1616 hesitate1623 Nicodemize1624 scruple1639 scrupulize1642 query1647 to make doubt1709 to have scruples1719 to have weres1768 mislippen1816 dubitate1837 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 3 And demurre with the Philistines, whether God or Fortune smite vs. a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) xvii. 237 To have demurr'd more seriously upon the sudden change in his Sonne. †c. transitive. To hesitate about. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt [verb (transitive)] doubta1400 question1533 misdoubt?c1550 scrupulize1625 scruple1641 demur1667 suspect1698 query1815 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 558 What may this mean? Language of Man pronounc't By Tongue of Brute, and human sense exprest? The first..I thought deni'd To Beasts..The latter I demurre, for in thir looks Much reason, and in thir actions oft appeers. View more context for this quotation 1717 E. Fenton tr. Homer Odyssey xi, in Poems 108 Let none demur Obedience to her will. 4. a. intransitive. To make scruples or difficulties; to raise objection, take exception to (occasionally at, on). (The current sense; often with allusion to the legal sense, 5.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (intransitive)] opposec1380 repugna1382 object?a1425 to stick at ——1525 quarrel1570 except1597 formalize1597 demur1639 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xxxvi. 92 The Caliph demurred hereat, as counting such a gesture a diminution to his State. 1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 93 I..gave my Directions..which being in some Measure demurred to, the Matter was brought before the Board. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals ii. ii My process was always very simple—in their younger days, 'twas ‘Jack, do this’—if he demurred, I knocked him down. 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. 29 They are so unreasonable as to demur at finding corn for them. 1855 R. Browning Let. to Ruskin I cannot begin writing poetry till my imaginary reader has conceded licences to me which you demur at altogether. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. v. 40 My host at first demurred..but I insisted. 1875 A. Maclaren Serm. 2nd Ser. ix. 150 We can afford to recognise the fact, though we demur to the inference. b. transitive. To object or take exception to. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (transitive)] strivea1400 objectc1443 repugna1513 controlc1525 to lay something in a person's light1530 pass1534 take1542 to think (it) much1548 challenge?1577 except1577 except1597 to formalize upon1597 formalize1599 scruple1627 demur1827 1827 H. H. Wilson Burmese War (1852) 25 As the demand was unprecedented, the Mugs, who were British subjects, demurred payment. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 59 I demur the inference from these facts. 5. Law. (intransitive) To put in a demurrer n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > plead [verb (intransitive)] > demur demur1620 a1481 T. Littleton Tenures (1482) ii. sig. bii Et fuist demurre en iugement en mesme le plee le quell les xl. iours serront accomptez de le iour de le muster del hoste le Roy.] 1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 60 It was demurred on in Law. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 70 a And it was demured in iudgement in the same plea, whither the 40 dayes should bee accounted from the first day of the muster of the kings host. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 72 a He that demurreth in Law confesseth all such matters of fact as are well and sufficiently pleaded. 1641 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 334 To which Plea Mr. Attorney-General demurred in Law, and the said Samuel Vassall joyned in Demurrer with him. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 107 I must demur to your Jurisdiction. 1681 Arraignm.,Tryal & Condemnation S. Colledge 10 And if so be matter of Law arises upon any evidence that is given against you..you may demurr upon that Evidence, and pray Counsel of the Court to argue that demurrer. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 84 The plaintiff demurred, that is to say, admitted Sir Edward's plea to be true in fact, but denied that it was a sufficient answer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1300v.c1230
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