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▸ verb: (intransitive) 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.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk
▸ verb: (intransitive, law) To interpose a demurrer.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To cause delay to; to put off
▸ noun: An act of hesitation as to proceeding; a scruple; also, a suspension of action or decision; a pause, a stop.
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