Definitions for: Vacillate


[v] move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"
[v] be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"



Webster (1913) Definition: Vac"il*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vacillated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Vacillating.] [L. vacillare, vacillatum; cf.
Skr. va[~n]c.]
1. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to
waver.

[A spheroid] is always liable to shift and
vacillatefrom one axis to another. --Paley.

2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or
inconstant; to waver.

Syn: See Fluctuate.

Synonyms: fluctuate, hover, oscillate, vibrate, waver

See Also: hesitate, shillyshally, swing, waffle, waver

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