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/wˈeɪvərɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Waver v. i. (past & past part. wavered; pres. part. wavering)

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." "Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities."

To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment. "Let us hold fast... without wavering." "In feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver, or fall off and join with idols."

Synonyms: To reel; totter; vacillate. See Fluctuate.

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"Wavering" Quotes from Famous Books

... ten-foot wavering flame of blue-white, bellying electric fire shuddered up to the ceiling from the contact points of the alleged atomic generator. The heat, pouring out from the flashing, roaring arc sent prickles of aching burns over Kendall's skin. For ten seconds he stood in utter, paralyzed ...

— The Ultimate Weapon • John Wood Campbell

... the way. I fear that they who wish to injure me abuse their influence with the king." "I see that his majesty hesitates, altho' he is desirous of giving you station. He must be stimulated to know that he is master; and that if he shows any wavering in this particular, it will be made use of to govern him hereafter." Heartily did I applaud the language of M. de Soubise: I did not suspect that the dear prince had another motive behind. At the end ...

— "Written by Herself" • Baron Etienne Leon Lamothe-Langon

... tempted by this proof of American strength, his wavering mind was irritated by the apprehension of some sudden outbreak of English arrogance; for the Ambassador wrote that Whigs and Tories might yet unite in a war against France in order to put an end to the troubles in the Colonies,—and no Frenchman had forgotten that ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 • Various

... thus spoke, the carriage making a sudden turn, showed them, through the left window, the village at some distance, still widely beaconed by the fire, which, having reached a storehouse wherein spirits were deposited, now rose high into the air, a wavering column of brilliant light. They had not long time to admire this spectacle, for another turn of the road carried them into a close lane between plantations, through which the chaise proceeded in nearly total darkness, but ...

— Guy Mannering • Sir Walter Scott

... from her—it seemed as though he were drawing her soul out from her body—and then, just as sheer consciousness itself was wavering, he took his mouth from hers, and she could see his face, white ...

— The Splendid Folly • Margaret Pedler

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