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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Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
Cadence :: Cadence (n.) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy..
Repose :: Repose (v.) A rest; a pause.
Stand :: Stand (n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
Interpoint :: Interpoint (v. t.) To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.
Check :: Check (v. i.) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.
Stutter :: Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
Syllable :: Syllable (n.) An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only
Paused :: Paused (imp. & p. p.) of Paus.
Pause :: Pause (n.) A break or paragraph in writing.
Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Syncopist :: Syncope (n.) A pause or cessation; suspension.
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..
Breath :: Breath (n.) Time to breathe; respite; pause.
Respite :: Respite (n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.
Pause :: Pause (n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses..
Respite :: Respite (n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay..
Rest :: Rest (n.) A short pause in reading verse; a c/sura.
Corona :: Corona (n.) A character [/] called the pause or hold.
Demurrer :: Demurrer (n.) A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further..
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