Waver

v. i. [imp. & p. p. WAVERED; p. pr. & vb. n. WAVERING.] [M. H. Ger. waberen, weberen, Prov. Ger. wabern, to move to and fro, D. weifelen, to totter, hesitate, A-S. wafian, id. Cf. WAVE, v. t., supra.]

1Sense 1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel.

Thou would waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities. W. Scott.

2Sense 2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to waver in opinion; to waver in faith.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering. Heb. x. 23.

Feeble hearts propense enough before To waver, or fall off, or join with idols. Milton.

Synonyms—To fluctuate; reel; totter; vacillate. See FLUCTUATE.

n. [From wave or waver.] A sapling or young timber-tree left standing in a fallen wood. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.