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| de·mur [ di múr ] (past and past participle de·murred, present participle de·mur·ring, 3rd person present singular de·murs) |
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1. intransitive verb show reluctance: to delay or try to avoid doing something because of personal reservations or objections
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2. intransitive verb object somewhat: to object mildly to something that you do not want to do but have been asked to do
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3. transitive and intransitive verb law make legal objection: to admit the facts of an opposing argument, but object that those facts alone are not by themselves adequate to make the case
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4. transitive verb say something as objection: to state something as a mild objection or a legal demurrer
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| [13th century. Via Old French demorer "delay, stay" < Latin demorare] |
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  de·mur·ra·ble adjective |
| de·mur·ral noun |
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