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vacillate

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Verb (intransitive)

HYPHEN

vac=il=late

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb vacillate has 2 senses

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

is one way to hesitate, waffle, waver

Derived forms adjective vacillant₁, noun vacillation₁, noun vacillator₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

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

is one way to swing

Derived form noun vacillation₂

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

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CIDE DICTIONARY

vacillate, v. i. [L. vacillare, vacillatum; cf. Skr. va.].

To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver. [1913 Webster]
"[A spheroid] is always liable to shift and vacillatefrom one axis to another." [1913 Webster]

To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver. [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- See Fluctuate.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

vacillate, v.intr.
1 fluctuate in opinion or resolution.
2 move from side to side; oscillate, waver.

Derivative

vacillation n. vacillator n.

Etymology

L vacillare vacillat- sway

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THESAURUS

vacillate
alternate, back and fill, bob, bobble, careen, change, changeable, chop and change, coggle, dally, dallying, dangle, demurring, dickey, dillydallying, dither, double-minded, doubtful, doubting, ebb and flow, eccentric, equivocate, erratic, falter, faltering, fickle, fiddle-faddle, flounder, fluctuant, fluctuate, fluctuating, flutter, go through phases, halt, halting, hang in doubt, hem and haw, hesitant, hesitate, hesitating, inconstant, indecisive, insecure, irresolute, librate, lurch, mercurial, nutate, oscillate, oscillating, pendulate, pendulous, pitch, reel, resonate, ring the changes, rock, roll, rootless, seesaw, shake, shaky, shift, shifting, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, shuffle, stagger, stop to consider, swag, sway, swing, teeter, teeter-totter, tentative, tergiversate, think twice, timid, toss, totter, turn, uncertain, unresolved, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, unsure, vacillating, vacillatory, vary, vibrate, volatile, wag, waggle, wave, waver, wavering, wax and wane, weak, weak-kneed, whiffle, wigwag, wobble, wobbly

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ROGET THESAURUS

vacillate

Tergiversation
VB change one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose, change one's note, abjure, renounce, withdraw from, waver, vacillate, wheel round, turn round, veer round, turn a pirouette, go over from one side to another, pass from one side to another, change from one side to another, skip from one side to another, go to the rightabout, box the compass, shift one's ground, go upon another tack, apostatize, change sides, go over, rat, recant, retract, revoke, rescind, recall, forswear, unsay, come over, come round to an opinion, crawfish, crawl, draw in one's horns, eat one's words, eat the leek, swallow the leek, swerve, flinch, back out of, retrace one's steps, think better of it, come back return to one's first love, turn over a new leaf, trim, shuffle, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, coquet, be on the fence, straddle, bold with the hare but run with the hounds, nager entre deux eaux, wait to see how the cat jumps, wait to see how the wind blows.

Changeableness
VB fluctuate, vary, waver, flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter, shift, shuffle, shake, totter, tremble, vacillate, wamble, turn and turn about, ring the changes, sway to and fro, shift to and fro, change and change about, waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute), oscillate, vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes, alternate, have as man phases as the moon.

Oscillation
VB oscillate, vibrate, librate, alternate, undulate, wave, rock, swing, pulsate, beat, wag, waggle, nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy, tick, play, wamble, wabble, dangle, swag, fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake, quiver, quaver, shake, flicker, wriggle, roll, toss, pitch, flounder, stagger, totter, move up and down, bob up and down, pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go, vacillate, teeter, brandish, shake, flourish.