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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Faltering \Fal"ter*ing\, a. Hesitating; trembling. ``With faltering speech.'' --Milton. -- n. Falter; halting; hesitation. -- {Fal"ter*ing*ly}, adv From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Falter \Fal"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Faltered}; p. pr & vb n. {Faltering}.] [OE. falteren, faltren prob. from fault. See {Fault}, v. & n.] 1. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as his tongue falters. With faltering speech and visage incomposed. --Milton. 2. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. ``He found his legs falter.'' --Wiseman. 3. To hesitate in purpose or action Ere her native king Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. --Shak. 4. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought. Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space and distance falters. --I. Taylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: faltering adj : unsteady in speech or action n : the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" [syn: {hesitation}, {waver}, {falter}]
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