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Definition of Vacilate

Vac"il*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vacillated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vacillating.] [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.

Vac"il*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vacillated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vacillating.] [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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • To sway from one side to the other; oscillate.
  • To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another. (synonym: hesitiation)
  • To be changeable or inconsistant in speech or action.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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