Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PAUSE, v.i. [pauz.]

1. To make a short stop; to cease to speak for a time; to intermit speaking or action. Pausing a while, thus to herself she mused. – Milton.
2. To stop; to wait; to forbear for a time. Tarry, pause a day or two, / Before you hazard. – Shak.
3. To be intermitted. The music pauses. To pause upon, to deliberate. – Shak. Knolles.