the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
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Pause
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.
(2):
(n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
(3):
(n.) 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.
(4):
(n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
(5):
(n.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
(6):
(n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
(7):
(n.) A break or paragraph in writing.
(8):
(n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
(9):
(v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; - used reflexively.
(10):
(n.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
(11):
(n.) To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pause'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/pause.html. 1828.
