Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wavering"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

wavering
adj : uncertain in purpose or action [syn: {vacillant}, {vacillating}]
n 1: indecision in speech or action [syn: {hesitation}, {vacillation}]
2: the quality of being unsteady and subject to fluctuations;
"he kept a record of price fluctuations" [syn: {fluctuation}]

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