jättää vastine — meaning in English
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English meaning
- demur verb Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be reluctant; to balk, to take exception.
Senses
jättää vastine is used for these senses in English:
- demur (obsolete) To suspend judgment or proceedings because of a difficulty or doubt; to put off the conclusion or determination of a matter; to delay, to hesitate, to pause.
demur — full definition
- verb Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be reluctant; to balk, to take exception.
- verb To submit a demurrer (“motion by a party to a legal action for the immediate or summary judgment of the court on the question of whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defence, and hence whether the party bringing the motion is required to answer or proceed further”).
- verb To endure, to last.
- verb To linger, to tarry.