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WAVERS
Verb
wavers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of waver
Noun
wavers
plural of waver
Anagrams
• swarve, swaver
Source: Wiktionary
WAVER
Wa"ver, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wavered; p. pr. & vb. n. Wavering.] Etym: [OE. waveren, from AS. wæfre wavering, restless. See Wave, v. i.]
1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter. With banners and pennons wavering with the wind. Ld. Berners. Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities. Sir W. Scott.
2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment. Let us hold fast . . . without wavering. Heb. x. 23. In feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver, or fall off and join with idols. Milton.
Syn.
– To reel; totter; vacillate. See Fluctuate.
Wa"ver, n. Etym: [From Wave, or Waver, v.]
Definition: A sapling left standing in a fallen wood. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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