vacillate

  • 21vacillate — vac·il·late || væsɪleɪt v. sway to and from, fluctuate; hesitate, waver …

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  • 22vacillate — [ vasɪleɪt] verb waver between different opinions or actions. Derivatives vacillation noun vacillator noun Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as vacillation), in the sense sway unsteadily : from L. vacillat , vacillare sway …

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  • 23vacillate — v. n. 1. Sway, rock, move to and fro, have an unsteady motion, waver. 2. Waver, fluctuate, hesitate, be inconstant, be unsettled, be unsteady, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, box the compass, run with the hare and hunt with the hound, be… …

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  • 24vacillate — verb (I) to continue to change your opinions, ideas etc; waver (2): The administration is still vacillating over the Health Care issue. vacillation noun (C, U) …

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  • 25vacillate — verb I vacillated between teaching and journalism Syn: dither, waver, be indecisive, be undecided, be ambivalent, hesitate, be of two minds, blow hot and cold, keep changing one s mind, be conflicted; fluctuate, oscillate, hem and haw; informal… …

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  • 26vacillate — v 1. shilly shally, tergiversate, seesaw, Inf. flip flop, Inf. yo yo; oscillate, fluctuate, go back and forth, blow hot and cold, keep changing one s mind; dither, waver, falter, hesitate, pause, be irresolute, be indecisive, straddle the fence,… …

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  • 27vacillate — vac·il·late …

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  • 28vacillate — vac•il•late [[t]ˈvæs əˌleɪt[/t]] v. i. lat•ed, lat•ing 1) to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute 2) to sway unsteadily; totter 3) to oscillate or fluctuate • Etymology: 1590–1600; < L vacillātus, ptp. of vacillāre to be… …

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  • 29vacillate — /ˈvæsəleɪt / (say vasuhlayt) verb (i) (vacillated, vacillating) 1. to sway unsteadily; waver; stagger. 2. to fluctuate. 3. to waver in mind or opinion; be irresolute or hesitant. {Latin vacillātus, past participle} …

  • 30vacillate —   v.i. waver; fluctuate.    ♦ vacillation,    ♦ vacillator, n.    ♦ vacillatory, a …

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