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waver v

(intransitive) To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter. (dated) To move without purpose or a specified destination; to roam, to wander. (archaic) To sway back and forth, as if about to fall; to reel, to stagger, to totter. (figurative) To begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve; to falter, to flinch, to give way. To feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate. Of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady; to shake, to tremble. Of light, shadow, or a partly obscured thing: to flicker, to glimmer, to quiver. Chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary. (obsolete) Followed by from: to deviate from a course; to stray, to wander. (figurative) Of the wits: to become confused or unsteady; to reel. (transitive, obsolete) To cause (someone or something) to move back and forth. To cause (someone) to begin to or show signs of weakening in resolve; also (rare), to weaken in resolve due to (something). [...]

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