Pause: alternatives and connections

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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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…

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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

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To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley.

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of Falter

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A frieze.

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3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

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The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.

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A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…

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To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.

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The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.

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A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.

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The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which…

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A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

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To arrest.

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To watch; to observe; to take notice.

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To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

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To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.

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To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer…

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To arrest.

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A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.

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A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.

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To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

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A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

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Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

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The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.

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To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a t…

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A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

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The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

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A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

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A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer…

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The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.

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To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend.

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The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

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The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

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