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vacillating |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vacillate \Vac"il*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vacillated}; p. pr & vb n. {Vacillating}.] [L. vacillare, vacillatum cf Skr. va[~n]c.] 1. To move one way and the other to reel or stagger; to waver. [A spheroid] is always liable to shift and vacillatefrom one axis to another. --Paley. 2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver. Syn: See {Fluctuate}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vacillating \Vac"il*la`ting\, a. Inclined to fluctuate; wavering. --Tennyson. -- {Vac"il*la`ting*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vacillating adj : uncertain in purpose or action [syn: {vacillant}, {wavering}]
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