Wa″ver (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Wavered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wavering.] [OE. waveren, from AS. wæfre wavering, restless. See Wave, v. i.]
1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
With banners and pennons wavering with the wind. Ld. Berners.
Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities. Sir W. Scott.
2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.
Let us hold fast... without wavering. Heb. x. 23.
In feeble hearts, propense enough before
To waver, or fall off and join with idols. Milton.
Syn. — To reel; totter; vacillate. See Fluctuate.