The Only Use of
demur
in
Ethan Frome
- When his wife first proposed that they should give Mattie an occasional evening out he had inwardly demurred at having to do the extra two miles to the village and back after his hard day on the farm; but not long afterward he had reached the point of wishing that Starkfield might give all its nights to revelry.†
Chpt 1
Definition:
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(demur) express disagreement
or in law: a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings through a demurrer