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pausing


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pause  \Pause\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Paused};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Pausing}.]  [Cf.  F.  pauser,  L.  pausare  See  {Pause},  n., 
  {Pose}.] 
  1.  To  make  a  short  stop;  to  cease  for  a  time;  to  intermit 
  speaking  or  acting;  to  stop;  to  wait;  to  rest.  ``Tarry, 
  pause  a  day  or  two.''  --Shak. 
 
  Pausing  while  thus  to  herself  she  mused.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  To  be  intermitted;  to  cease;  as  the  music  pauses. 
 
  3.  To  hesitate;  to  hold  back  to  delay.  [R.] 
 
  Why  doth  the  Jew  pause?  Take  thy  forfeiture.  --Shak. 




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