From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pause \Pause\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Paused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pausing}.] [Cf. F. pauser, L. pausare. See {Pause}, noun, {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.
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