Demur

de-mur′, v.i. to hesitate from uncertainty or before difficulty: to object:— pr.p. demur′ring; pa.p. demurred′. — n. a stop: pause, hesitation.— adj. Demur′rable .— ns. Demur′rage , an allowance made for undue delay or detention of a ve el in port: compensation paid by the freighter to the owner of the same: allowance for undue detention of railway-wagons, .; Demur′rer , one who demurs: ( law ) a plea in law that, even if the opponent's facts are as he says, they yet do not support his case. [Fr. demeurer —L. dem orāri , to loiter, linger— de , inten., and morāri , to delay— mora , delay.]