Definition of pause

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Pause (n.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

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Check :: Check (v. i.) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.
Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..
Respite :: Respite (n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay..
Respite :: Respite (n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.
Paused :: Paused (imp. & p. p.) of Paus.
Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation..
Interpoint :: Interpoint (v. t.) To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.
Rest :: Rest (n.) A short pause in reading verse; a c/sura.
Pause :: Pause (n.) To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect..
Attacca :: Attacca () Attack at once; -- a direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow immediately, without any pause..
Punctuate :: Punctuate (v. t.) To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning..
Pause :: Pause (v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.
Pausingly :: Pausingly (adv.) With pauses; haltingly.
Abide :: Abide (v. i.) To wait; to pause; to delay.
Pause :: Pause (n.) In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses..
Demur :: Demur (v. i.) Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Syncopist :: Syncope (n.) A pause or cessation; suspension.
Stutter :: Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
Point :: Point (n.) A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion..
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