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   Waver (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wavered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wavering.] [OE. waveren, from AS. wæfre wavering, restless.  See Wave, v. i.]
   
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   1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
   
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   With banners and pennons wavering with the wind. Ld. Berners.
   
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   Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities. Sir W. Scott.
   
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   2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, “to water in judgment”.
   
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   Let us hold fast . . . without wavering. Heb. x. 23.
   
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   In feeble hearts, propense enough before
   
   To waver, or fall off and join with idols. Milton.
   
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   Syn. -- To reel; totter; vacillate.  See Fluctuate.
   
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   Waver, n. [From Wave, or Waver, v.] A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.  [Prov. Eng.]  Halliwell.
   
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