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vacillate (encz) | vacillate,váhat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Vacillate (gcide) | Vacillate \Vac"il*late\ (v[a^]s"[i^]l*l[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Vacillated (v[a^]s"[i^]l*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Vacillating.] [L. vacillare, vacillatum; cf. Skr. va[~n]c.]
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1. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to
waver.
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[A spheroid] is always liable to shift and
vacillatefrom one axis to another. --Paley.
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2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or
inconstant; to waver.
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Syn: See Fluctuate.
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vacillate (wn) | vacillate
v 1: be undecided about something; waver between conflicting
positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between
accepting the new position and retirement" [syn: hover,
vibrate, vacillate, oscillate]
2: move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern;
"the line on the monitor vacillated" [syn: fluctuate,
vacillate, waver] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
vacillate (encz) | vacillate,váhat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Vacillated (gcide) | Vacillate \Vac"il*late\ (v[a^]s"[i^]l*l[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Vacillated (v[a^]s"[i^]l*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Vacillating.] [L. vacillare, vacillatum; cf. Skr. va[~n]c.]
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1. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to
waver.
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[A spheroid] is always liable to shift and
vacillatefrom one axis to another. --Paley.
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2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or
inconstant; to waver.
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Syn: See Fluctuate.
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vacillate (wn) | vacillate
v 1: be undecided about something; waver between conflicting
positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between
accepting the new position and retirement" [syn: hover,
vibrate, vacillate, oscillate]
2: move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern;
"the line on the monitor vacillated" [syn: fluctuate,
vacillate, waver] |
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