Vacillate

Vac"il*late

(vs"l*lt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vacillated (vs"l*l`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Vacillating.] [L. vacillare, vacillatum; cf. Skr. vac.]
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1. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.
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[A spheroid] is always liable to shift and vacillatefrom one axis to another.

Paley.
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2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver.
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Syn. -- See Fluctuate.
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