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 Definitions of vacillate  [ˈvæs əˌleɪt]  

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Definition of 'vacillate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) vacillate
to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute.

2.  vacillate
to sway unsteadily; totter.

3.  vacillate
to oscillate or fluctuate.

Etymology:  (1590–1600; < L vacillātus, ptp. of vacillāre to be unsteady, waver)

Definition of 'vacillate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
"He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

2. (verb) fluctuate, vacillate, waver
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
"the line on the monitor vacillated"


Definition of 'vacillate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) vacillate
to move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver

2. (verb) vacillate
to fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver



'vacillate' - Nearby Entries  

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