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(văs′ĭl-lāt)

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Vacillated

(văs′ĭl-lāˊtĕd)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Vacillating

[L.

vacillare

vacillatum

; cf. Skr.

vañc

To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.

[A spheroid] is always liable to shift and

vacillate

from one axis to another.

Paley.

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

Syn. – See

Verb.

[L. vacillo; Eng. to waggle, a diminutive of wag. See Wag.]

To waver; to move one way and the other; to reel or stagger.

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