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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stagger \Stag"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Staggered}; p. pr &
vb n. {Staggering}.] [OE. stakeren Icel. stakra to push to
stagger, fr staka to punt, push stagger; cf OD staggeren
to stagger. Cf {Stake}, n.]
1. To move to one side and the other as if about to fall, in
standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness;
to sway; to reel or totter.
Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow.
--Dryden.
2. To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way to fail
``The enemy staggers.'' --Addison.
3. To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less
confident or determined; to hesitate.
He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God
through unbelief. --Rom. iv 20.
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