[lōlē] (v) EN: waver ; hesitate ; vacillate ; be irresolute ; be uncertain ; be indecisive FR: hésiter ; changer d'avis comme une girouette ; tourner à tous les vents ; tourner au moindre vent
[たゆたう;たゆとう, tayutau ; tayutou] (v5u, vi) (1) (uk) to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to flicker; (2) to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate; to waver [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]
[1913 Webster]
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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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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