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wa⋅ver
1
[wey-ver] 
vər
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze. |
| 2. | to flicker or quiver, as light: A distant beam wavered and then disappeared. |
| 3. | become unsteady; begin to fail or give way: When she heard the news her courage wavered. |
| 4. | to shake or tremble, as the hands or voice: Her voice wavered. |
| 5. | to feel or show doubt, indecision, etc.; vacillate: He wavered in his determination. |
| 6. | (of things) to fluctuate or vary: Prices wavered. |
| 7. | to totter or reel: The earth quaked and the tower wavered. |
–noun
| 8. | an act of wavering, fluttering, or vacillating. |
Related forms:
wa⋅ver⋅er, noun
wa⋅ver⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
4. quiver. 5. Waver, fluctuate, vacillate refer to an alternation or hesitation between one direction and another. Waver means to hesitate between choices: to waver between two courses of action. Fluctuate suggests irregular change from one side to the other or up and down: The prices of stocks fluctuate when there is bad news followed by good. Vacillate is to make up one's mind and change it again suddenly; to be undecided as to what to do: We must not vacillate but must set a day.
4. quiver. 5. Waver, fluctuate, vacillate refer to an alternation or hesitation between one direction and another. Waver means to hesitate between choices: to waver between two courses of action. Fluctuate suggests irregular change from one side to the other or up and down: The prices of stocks fluctuate when there is bad news followed by good. Vacillate is to make up one's mind and change it again suddenly; to be undecided as to what to do: We must not vacillate but must set a day.
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| wa·ver (wā'vər) intr.v. wa·vered, wa·ver·ing, wa·vers
[Middle English waveren; see webh- in Indo-European roots.] wa'ver·er n., wa'ver·ing·ly adv. |
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