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A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action;
interruption; suspension; cessation. |
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Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt. |
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In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension
of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their
parts. |
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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. |
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A break or paragraph in writing. |
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A hold. See 4th Hold, 7. |
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To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit
speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest. |
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To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses. |
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To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. |
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To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to
reflect. |
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To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively. |
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