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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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   1. 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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   2. To be moved to and fro as a signal.  B. Jonson.
   
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   3. 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.
   1. Exhibiting a wavelike form or outline; undulating; intended; wavy; as, “waved edge”.
   
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   2. Having a wavelike appearance; marked with wavelike lines of color; as, “waved, or watered, silk”.
   
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   3. (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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