wavering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wavering	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wavering adj uncertain in purpose or action [syn: vacillant, vacillating, wavering] n indecision in speech or action [syn: hesitation, vacillation, wavering] the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; "he kept a record of price fluctuations" Synonym(s): fluctuation, wavering
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waver \Wa"ver\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wavered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wavering}.] [OE. waveren, from AS. w[91]fre wavering, restless. See {Wave}, v. i.] 1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter. With banners and pennons wavering with the wind. --Ld. Berners. Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment. Let us hold fast . . . without wavering. --Heb. x. 23. In feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver, or fall off and join with idols. --Milton. Syn: To reel; totter; vacillate. See {Fluctuate}.