vacillate

  • 11vacillate — UK [ˈvæsɪleɪt] / US [ˈvæsɪˌleɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms vacillate : present tense I/you/we/they vacillate he/she/it vacillates present participle vacillating past tense vacillated past participle vacillated formal to keep changing your… …

    English dictionary

  • 12vacillate — vacillator, n. /vas euh layt /, v.i., vacillated, vacillating. 1. to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader. 2. to sway unsteadily; waver; totter; stagger. 3. to oscillate or… …

    Universalium

  • 13vacillate — verb /ˈvæ.sə.leɪt,ˈvæ.sɪ.leɪt/ a) To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate. Its [the barometers] normal register in the Paumotus [the Tuamotus] was 29.90, and it was quite customary to see it vacillate between 29.85 and 30.00, or… …

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  • 14vacillate — See fluctuate. See fluctuate, vacillate …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 15vacillate — vac|il|late [ˈvæsıleıt] v [i]formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of vacillare to move from side to side, fail to decide ] to continue to change your opinions, decisions, ideas etc = ↑waver vacillate between ▪ Her parents… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16vacillate — intransitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin vacillatus, past participle of vacillare to sway, waver more at wink Date: 1597 1. a. to sway through lack of equilibrium b. fluctuate, oscillate 2. to waver in mind, will, or feeling ; hesitate …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17vacillate — Synonyms and related words: alternate, back and fill, bob, bobble, careen, change, changeable, chop and change, coggle, dally, dallying, dangle, demurring, dickey, dillydallying, dither, double minded, doubtful, doubting, ebb and flow, eccentric …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 18vacillate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To totter] Syn. waver, sway, stagger; see reel , totter 2 . 2. [To hesitate] Syn. fluctuate, dawdle, falter; see hesitate , pause . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [VAS uh LATE] to waver or be indecisive.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 19vacillate — vac|il|late [ væsı,leıt ] verb intransitive FORMAL to keep changing your ideas about something ╾ vac|il|la|tion [ ,væsı leıʃn ] noun count or uncount …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

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