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demur at something

to dispute something; to challenge something. I fear I must demur at your suggestion that I am aloof and condescending. Alice demurred at the suggestion that she was late.

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The Scottish philosopher David Hume, likewise, did not demur at his countryman Allan Ramsay's unflattering portrayal of his droll, heavy and whisky-flushed face. Art notes: The Enlightenment at the Royal Academy by Contemporary Review But the trio demur at their description as stand-up comedians. BILLY MAKES LIGHT OF THE FEST. by Taylor, Richie / The Mirror (London, England)			delight by delight in delight with delighted delighted to have you delighted to make your acquaintance deliver deliver from deliver of deliver the goods deliver to deliver up to delude delude into delude with deluge with delusions of grandeur delve into demand demand from demonstrate demonstrate against demonstrate for demonstrate to demote from demur at den den of iniquity denounce denounce as denounce for dent dent up denude of deny to depart depart for some place depart from some place depart this life depend depend on depict as deplete of deport deposit in deprive of depth deputize as derive from dern descend			Demulce demulcent demulcent demulcent demulcents demulcents demulcents Demulen Demulen demulsification Demulsifier Demulsifiers demulsify Demulsion Demultiplex Demultiplex Blue/Multiplex Red Demultiplexer Demultiplexer Demultiplexer Demultiplexing demultiplexing circuit Demultiplexor Demultiplexor Demung demur demur demur demur demur demur demur at demure demure demurely demurely demureness demureness demurer demurer demurest demurest Demurino Demurity demurrable demurrable demurrage demurrage demurrage demurrage Demurrage/Despatch Money demurral demurral demurrals demurrals demurred demurred demurred demurred demurrer demurrer demurrer

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