pause (n.) Old form(s): pawse
hesitation, delay
Ham III.i.68[Hamlet to himself] what dreams may come / When we have shuffled off this mortal coil / Must give us pause [i.e. make us hesitate]
Ham IV.iii.9[Claudius to his attendants, of Hamlet] This sudden sending him away must seem / Deliberate pause
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