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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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   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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   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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