n. [ F., fr. L. pausa. See Pose. ] 1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt. [ 1913 Webster ] I stand in pause where I shall first begin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. A break or paragraph in writing. [ 1913 Webster ] He writes with warmth, which usually neglects method, and those partitions and pauses which men educated in schools observe. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. (Mus.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Stop; cessation; suspension. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
