Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vacillating"
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) 1.7 (wn)
vacillating
adj : uncertain in purpose or action [syn: {vacillant}, {wavering}]
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