Vacillated

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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.]
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     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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