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   Wave, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Waving.] [OE. waven, AS. wafian to waver, to hesitate, to wonder; akin to wæfre wavering, restless, MHG. wabern to be in motion, Icel. vafra to hover about; cf. Icel. vāfa to vibrate. Cf. Waft, Waver.]
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   To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
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   His purple robes waved careless to the winds.
   Trumbull.
   
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   Where the flags of three nations has successively waved.
   Hawthorne.
   
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   To be moved to and fro as a signal.
   B. Jonson.
   
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   To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate. [Obs.]
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   He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good nor harm.
   Shak.
   
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   Waved , a.
   Exhibiting a wavelike form or outline; undulating; intended; wavy; as, waved edge.
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   Having a wavelike appearance; marked with wavelike lines of color; as, waved, or watered, silk.
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   (Her.) Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the ordinaries, etc.
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