vacillate
31vacillate — v.intr. 1 fluctuate in opinion or resolution. 2 move from side to side; oscillate, waver. Derivatives: vacillation n. vacillator n. Etymology: L vacillare vacillat sway …
32fluctuate, vacillate — Each of these words means to move back and forth, to change continually, to vary. What little distinction in meaning there is between them is that fluctuate can apply to both persons and actions, whereas vacillate is usually applied only to… …
33blow hot and cold — VACILLATE, dither, shilly shally, waver, be indecisive, change one s mind, be undecided, be uncertain, be unsure; Brit. haver, hum and haw; Scottish swither. → hot * * * phrasal : to be favorable at one moment and adverse the next : react or… …
34Vacillated — Vacillate Vac il*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vacillated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vacillating}.] [L. vacillare, vacillatum; cf. Skr. va[ n]c.] [1913 Webster] 1. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver. [1913 Webster] [A spheroid] is… …
35Vacillating — Vacillate Vac il*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vacillated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vacillating}.] [L. vacillare, vacillatum; cf. Skr. va[ n]c.] [1913 Webster] 1. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver. [1913 Webster] [A spheroid] is… …
36vacillation — vacillate ► VERB ▪ waver between different opinions or actions. DERIVATIVES vacillation noun. ORIGIN Latin vacillare sway …
37waver — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. vacillate, fluctuate, hesitate; sway, tremble, totter; undulate; teeter. See doubt, oscillation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. fluctuate, vacillate, hesitate, dillydally, seesaw, deliberate, reel, teeter …
38Fluctuate — Fluc tu*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fluctuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fluctuating}.] [L. fluctuatus, p. p. of fluctuare, to wave, fr. fluctus wave, fr. fluere, fluctum, to flow. See {Fluent}, and cf. {Flotilla}.] 1. To move as a wave; to roll hither… …
39Fluctuated — Fluctuate Fluc tu*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fluctuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fluctuating}.] [L. fluctuatus, p. p. of fluctuare, to wave, fr. fluctus wave, fr. fluere, fluctum, to flow. See {Fluent}, and cf. {Flotilla}.] 1. To move as a wave; to roll …
40Fluctuating — Fluctuate Fluc tu*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fluctuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fluctuating}.] [L. fluctuatus, p. p. of fluctuare, to wave, fr. fluctus wave, fr. fluere, fluctum, to flow. See {Fluent}, and cf. {Flotilla}.] 1. To move as a wave; to roll …
