0 to express disagreement or refuse to do something: --
1 the act of expressing disagreement or of refusing to do something: --
2 to express disagreement or refusal to do something: --
Jack urged me to go, but I demurred.
I understand that the associations of local authorities have in no way demurred at that suggestion.
He demurs on the ground that the cost of making it fit would be disproportionate to the value of the house.
I would demur, however, to the possible inference that this percentage represents the full measure of the beneficial operation of the administrative system referred to.
Roberts demurs, and shows oneness in hierarchy.
Russell demurred, pointing out that no provision had been made for arms, ammunition, or money, and that no declaration had been prepared, let alone agreed on.
Those who demur on the significance of rationes interpret it as entailing the application of the same set of principles that justified the preceding case(s).
Along the journey from musical grammar to hermeneutic exegesis individual readers may well want to pause and to demur but it is impossible not to be fascinated.
Wulstan demurs on this matter: he tells me that he thinks the rhymes in these letters are 'more coincidental than systematic'.
