Category: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.

Waver Wa"ver, n. Etym: [from wave, or waver, v.]

Defn: a sapling left standing in a fallen wood. [prov. Eng.] Halliwell.