verb, -murred, -mur⋅ring, noun | 1. | to make objection, esp. on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object: They wanted to make him the treasurer, but he demurred. |
| 2. | Law. to interpose a demurrer. |
| 3. | Archaic. to linger; hesitate. |
| 4. | the act of making objection. |
| 5. | an objection raised. |
| 6. | hesitation. |
| 7. | Law. Obsolete. a demurrer. |

de·mur (dĭ-mûr') intr.v. de·murred, de·mur·ring, de·murs
[Middle English demuren, to delay, from Anglo-Norman demurer, from Latin dēmorārī : dē-, de- + morārī, to delay (from mora, delay).] de·mur'ra·ble adj. |