Paused

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pause \Pause\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paused} (p[add]zd); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Pausing}.] [Cf. F. pauser, L. pausare. See {Pause},
     n., {Pose}.]
     1. To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit
        speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest. "Tarry,
        pause a day or two." --Shak.


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              Pausing a while, thus to herself she mused.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
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     3. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. [R.]
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              Why doth the Jew pause? Take thy forfeiture. --Shak.
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     4. To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to
        reflect. [R.] "Take time to pause." --Shak.
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     {To pause upon}, to deliberate concerning. --Shak.
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     Syn: To intermit; stop; stay; wait; delay; tarry; hesitate;
          demur.
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