Hypertext Webster Gateway: "waver"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Waver \Wa"ver\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wavered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wavering}.] [OE. waveren, from AS. w[ae]fre wavering,
restless. See {Wave}, v. i.]
1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other;
hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

With banners and pennons wavering with the wind.
--Ld. Berners.

Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror
to all evil speakers against dignities. --Sir W.
Scott.

2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be
undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.

Let us hold fast . . . without wavering. --Heb. x.
23.

In feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver,
or fall off and join with idols. --Milton.

Syn: To reel; totter; vacillate. See {Fluctuate}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Waver \Wa"ver\, n. [From {Wave}, or {Waver}, v.]
A sapling left standing in a fallen wood. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

waver
n 1: someone who communicates by waving
2: the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in
his speech" [syn: {hesitation}, {falter}, {faltering}]
3: the act of moving back and forth [syn: {flutter}, {flicker}]
v 1: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness:
"Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures." [syn: {hesitate},
{waffle}]
2: be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" [syn: {falter}]
3: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way [syn: {falter}]
4: move in an unstable manner [syn: {fluctuate}, {vacillate}]
5: move back and forth very rapidly, as of a candle [syn: {flicker},
{flitter}, {flutter}, {quiver}]
6: sway to and fro [syn: {weave}]
7: give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or
frequency [syn: {quaver}]


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