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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..

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

Pause :: Pause (n.) To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect..

Menopause :: Menopause (n.) The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See Change of life, under Change..

Interpoint :: Interpoint (v. t.) To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.

Demur :: Demur (v. i.) Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.

Abide :: Abide (v. i.) To wait; to pause; to delay.

Interpause :: Interpause (n.) An intermission.

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..

Hum :: Hum (interj.) An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc..

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..

Pause :: Pause (v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.

Pausingly :: Pausingly (adv.) With pauses; haltingly.

Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation..

Scansion :: Scansion (n.) The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise..

Check :: Check (v. i.) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.

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.

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..

Punctuate :: Punctuate (v. t.) To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning..

Pause :: Pause (n.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7..

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