Waver

[Wa·ver]

To waver is to move back and forth, like when you waver, one minute thinking you'll stay home, planning to go meet your friends the next, until you finally make your decision.

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To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

Noun
the act of moving back and forth

Noun
the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"

Noun
someone who communicates by waving

Verb
give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency

Verb
sway to and fro

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Verb
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"

Verb
move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"

Verb
move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

Verb
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"

Verb
be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"


v. i.
To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

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

v.
A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.


Waver

Wa"ver , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wavered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wavering.] [OE. waveren, from AS. w'91fre 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.
Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities.
2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.
Let us hold fast . . . without wavering.
In feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver, or fall off and join with idols.
Syn. -- To reel; totter; vacillate. See Fluctuate.

Waver

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

To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.

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Usage Examples

I'm opinionated. I always stick to my design plan. I don't waver.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

We will not waver we will not tire we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father's power to fail as though exhausted. It was not the part of His wisdom to waver in a needful matter through poverty of counsel.

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