waver

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wavered p. pr. & vb. n. Wavering. ] [ OE. waveren, from AS. wæfre wavering, restless. See Wave, v. i. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter. [ 1913 Webster ]

With banners and pennons wavering with the wind. Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us hold fast . . . without wavering. Heb. x. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

In feeble hearts, propense enough before
To waver, or fall off and join with idols. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To reel; totter; vacillate. See Fluctuate. [ 1913 Webster ]