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Demur meaning
Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be reluctant; to balk, to take exception. | To submit a demurrer (“motion by a party to a legal action for the immediate or summary judgment of the court on the question of whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defence, and hence whether the party bringing the motion is required to answer or proceed further”). | To endure, to last.
Example sentences (5)
Naturally the officers of the Pfalz were uncommunicative, but they are said to have raised no demur at their enforced return and take their “hold up” quietly.
Beatriz Demur (42) a yoga teacher from the suburb of Barrio Brazil, joined a stream of demonstrators shuffling toward Plaza Italia with her daughter Tabatha (22).
I would demur and say that it has everything to do with the truth.
Still, if this transpires, some in the Israeli establishment may want to join in out of solidarity while some will demur and counsel that this could prove counter-productive.
Although he was born in Northern Ireland, his response to being included in the British anthology was delivered in his poem "An Open Letter": :"Don't be surprised if I demur, for, be advised :My passport's green.