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Demurrable :: Demurrable (a.) That may be demurred to.

Demurred :: Demurred (imp. & p. p.) of Demu.

Demure :: Demure (a.) Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity..

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.

Demur :: Demur (v. t.) To cause delay to; to put off.

Snod :: Snod (a.) Trimmed; smooth; neat; trim; sly; cunning; demure.

Demurral :: Demurral (n.) Demur; delay in acting or deciding.

Demurring :: Demurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demu.

Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.

Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement..

Demur :: Demur (v. t.) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.

Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing..

Demurity :: Demurity (n.) Demureness; also, one who is demure..

Demurrer :: Demurrer (n.) One who demurs.

Plea :: Plea (n.) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why

Demureness :: Demureness (n.) The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.

Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To linger; to stay; to tarry.

Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2..

Demure :: Demure (v. i.) To look demurely.

Demurely :: Demurely (adv.) In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty..

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