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6. (Mus.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
Syn. — Stop; cessation; suspension.
Pause
(Pause), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paused ; 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.
Pausing while, thus to herself she mused. Milton. 2. To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
3. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. [R.]
Why doth the Jew pause? Take thy forfeiture. Shak. 4. To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect. [R.] "Take time to pause." Shak.
To pause upon, to deliberate concerning. Shak.
Syn. — To intermit; stop; stay; wait; delay; tarry; hesitate; demur.
Pause
(Pause), v. t. To cause to stop or rest; — used reflexively. [R.] Shak.
Pauser
(Paus"er) n. One who pauses. Shak.
Pausingly
(Paus"ing*ly), adv. With pauses; haltingly. Shak.
Pauxi
(||Paux"i) n. [From the native name: cf. Sp. pauji.] (Zoöl.) A curassow (Ourax pauxi), which, in
South America, is often domesticated.
Pavage
(Pav"age) n. [Cf. F. pavage.] See Pavage. [R.]
Pavan
(Pav"an) n. [F. pavane; cf. It. & Sp. pavana, and Sp. pavon, pavo, a peacock, L. pavo.] A
stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; — so called from the resemblance
of its movements to those of the peacock. [Written also pavane, paven, pavian, and pavin.]
Pavé
(||Pa`vé") n. [F., from paver to pave. See Pave.] The pavement.
||Nymphe du pavé a prostitute who solicits in the street. [A low euphemism.]
Pave
(Pave) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Paving.] [F. paver to pave, LL. pavare, from
L. pavire to beat, ram, or tread down; cf. Gr. to beat, strike.]
1. To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface
for horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as,
to pave a street; to pave a court.
With silver paved, and all divine with gold. Dryden.
To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways. Gay.
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