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waver

/ˈweɪvəɹ/ verbo C1

En español: balancearse, ondear, flaquear, vacilar

  1. To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter. (intransitive) · Flowers wavered in the breeze.
  2. To move without purpose or a specified destination; to roam, to wander. (dated, intransitive)
  3. To begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve; to falter, to flinch, to give way. (figuratively, intransitive) · Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs.
  4. To feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate. (figuratively, intransitive)
  5. Of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady; to shake, to tremble. (figuratively, intransitive) · His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic.
  6. Of light, shadow, or a partly obscured thing: to flicker, to glimmer, to quiver. (figuratively, intransitive)
  7. Chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary. (figuratively, intransitive)

Plural waver · He/she/it wavers · Pasado wavered · Participio pasado wavered · Forma en -ing wavering

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De la biblioteca

Had she not seen him in Derbyshire, she might have supposed him capable of coming there with no other view than what was acknowledged; but she still thought him partial to Jane, and she wavered as to the greater probability of his coming there _with_ his friend’s permission, or being bold enough to come without it.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 309 · B2
Above the bridge the pond ran up into fringing groves of fir and maple and lay all darkly translucent in their wavering shadows.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 26 · C1
Anne looked at the wicked green depths below her, wavering with long, oily shadows, and shivered.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 225 · C1
But the bitterness of her old grievance promptly stiffened up her wavering determination.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 227 · C1

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