Definition of pause

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Pause (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.

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Syncopist :: Syncope (n.) A pause or cessation; suspension.
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 (n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses..
Pause :: Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts..
Selah :: Selah (n.) A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song..
Pause :: Pause (n.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7..
Hold :: Hold (n.) A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona..
Respite :: Respite (n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.
Breath :: Breath (n.) Time to breathe; respite; pause.
Pause :: Pause (n.) To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect..
Pause :: Pause (v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.
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..
Stationed :: Station (n.) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station o
Stand :: Stand (n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
Pause :: Pause (n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
Caesura :: Caesura (n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot..
Pause :: Pause (n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
Hum :: Hum (interj.) Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
Suspense :: Suspense (a.) Cessation for a time; stop; pause.
Pause :: Pause (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
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