waver
waver is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment. Let us hold fast . . . without wavering. Heb. x.
- 2.In feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver, or fall off and join with idols. Milton. See Fluctuate.
- 3.A sapling left standing in a fallen wood. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment. Let us hold fast . . . without wavering. Heb. x called?
- What is in feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver, or fall off and join with idols. Milton. See Fluctuate called?
- What is a sapling left standing in a fallen wood. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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