2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver.
Syn.
— See Fluctuate.
VACILLATING
Vac"il*la`ting, a.
Defn: Inclined to fluctuate; wavering. Tennyson.
— Vac"il*la`ting*ly, adv.
VACILLATION
Vac`il*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. vacillatio: cf. F. vacillation.]
1. The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a
wavering.
His vacillations, or an alternation of knowledge and doubt. Jer.
Taylor.
VACILLATORY
Vac"il*la*to*ry, a.
Defn: Inclined to vacillate; wavering; irresolute. Hawthorne.
VACUATE Vac"u*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. vacuatus, p. p. of vacuare to empty, from vacuus empty. See Vacant.]
Defn: To make void, or empty. [R.]