Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.