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Pause :: Pause (n.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7..

Cadence :: Cadence (n.) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy..

Caesura :: Caesura (n.) 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, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot..

Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Stop; pause; delay.

Breath :: Breath (n.) Time to breathe; respite; pause.

Ceaseless :: Ceaseless (a.) Without pause or end; incessant.

Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation..

Pausingly :: Pausingly (adv.) With pauses; haltingly.

Suspense :: Suspense (a.) Cessation for a time; stop; pause.

Pause :: Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts..

Hum :: Hum (interj.) Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.

Demurrer :: Demurrer (n.) A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further..

Repose :: Repose (v.) A rest; a pause.

Hold :: Hold (n.) A character [thus /] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; -- called also pause, and corona..

Point :: Point (n.) A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion..

Stutter :: Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.

Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..

Respite :: Respite (n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.

Menopause :: Menopause (n.) The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See Change of life, under Change..

Interpoint :: Interpoint (v. t.) To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.

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