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pausing |
1 definition found 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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