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Pronunciation : Stam"mer
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. stameren, fr. AS. stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to D. & LG. stameren to stammer, G. stammeln, OHG. stammal, stamm, Dan. stamme, Sw. stamma, Icel. stama, stamma, OHG. & Dan. stam stammering, Icel. stamr, Goth. stamms, and to G. stemmen to b
Definition : Defn: To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter. I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour this conclead man out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle, either too much at once, or none at all. Shak.

i. [imp. & p. p. Stammered; p. pr. & vb. n. Stammering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Stam"mer
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Stam"mer
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913