Wa"ver (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wavered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wavering.] [OE. waveren, from AS. waefre 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.
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Wa"ver, n. [From Wave, or Waver, v.]
A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
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