Both Uses of
demur
in
Emma
- Your meaning must be unequivocal; no doubts or demurs: and such expressions of gratitude and concern for the pain you are inflicting as propriety requires, will present themselves unbidden to your mind, I am persuaded.†
Chpt 1.7-8 *
- Emma demurred.†
Chpt 2.11-12
Definition:
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(demur) express disagreement
or in law: a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings through a demurrer