VACILLATING

vacillant, vacillating, wavering

(adjective) uncertain in purpose or action

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

vacillating

present participle of vacillate

Adjective

vacillating (comparative more vacillating, superlative most vacillating)

Liable to vacillate; wavering, irresolute.

Noun

vacillating (plural vacillatings)

vacillation

Source: Wiktionary


Vac"il*la`ting, a.

Definition: Inclined to fluctuate; wavering. Tennyson.

– Vac"il*la`ting*ly, adv.

VACILLATE

Vac"il*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vacillated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vacillating.] Etym: [L. vacillare, vacillatum; cf. Skr. vañc.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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