Definition of pause

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Pause (n.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

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Pause :: Pause (n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
Respite :: Respite (n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay..
Pausingly :: Pausingly (adv.) With pauses; haltingly.
Pause :: Pause (n.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
Pause :: Pause (n.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7..
Stutter :: Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
Respite :: Respite (n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.
Pause :: Pause (n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses..
Corona :: Corona (n.) A character [/] called the pause or hold.
Cadence :: Cadence (n.) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy..
Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Paused :: Paused (imp. & p. p.) of Paus.
Interpoint :: Interpoint (v. t.) To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.
Point :: Point (n.) A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion..
Stationed :: Station (n.) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station o
Pause :: Pause (n.) In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses..
Demur :: 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.
Pause :: Pause (n.) A break or paragraph in writing.
Caesura :: Caesura (n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot..
Demurrer :: Demurrer (n.) A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further..
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