Vacillating

Vacillating
Vacillate Vac"il*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vacillated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vacillating}.] [L. vacillare, vacillatum; cf. Skr. va[~n]c.] [1913 Webster] 1. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver. [1913 Webster]

[A spheroid] is always liable to shift and vacillatefrom one axis to another. --Paley. [1913 Webster]

2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver. [1913 Webster]

Syn: See {Fluctuate}. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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