Definition of pause

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Pause (n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.

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Hold :: Hold (n.) A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona..
Rest :: Rest (n.) A short pause in reading verse; a c/sura.
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Stop; pause; delay.
Repose :: Repose (v.) A rest; a pause.
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..
Pauser :: Pauser (n.) One who pauses.
Suspense :: Suspense (a.) Cessation for a time; stop; pause.
Respite :: Respite (n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay..
Pause :: Pause (v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.
Pausingly :: Pausingly (adv.) With pauses; haltingly.
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..
Pause :: Pause (n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music 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.
Interpause :: Interpause (n.) An intermission.
Pause :: Pause (n.) To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect..
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.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Pause :: Pause (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
Stand :: Stand (n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
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