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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : vas-uh-leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæs əˌleɪt |
Definition of vacillate
Origin :- 1590s, "to sway unsteadily," from Latin vacillatum, from vacillare (see vacillation). Meaning "to waver between two opinions or courses" is recorded from 1620s. Related: Vacillated; vacillates; vacillating.
- verb go back and forth
- He may pause, but he must not hesitate,—and tremble, but must not vacillate.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
- Long did he vacillate whether Tom Keane should not be arrested on suspicion.
- Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
- They vacillate, conforming now to the interest of the wage-workers, now to the interest of the employers.
- Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
- Why do you vacillate, and keep us all in the dark as to what you mean?
- Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith
- As if it were possible to wait now, to weigh, vacillate, hesitate!
- Extract from : « The Death of the Gods » by Dmitri Mrejkowski
- "He is too independent to vacillate on account of ridicule," said Ida.
- Extract from : « Alone » by Marion Harland
- Therefore, we must not temporize nor vacillate in critical moments.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of the Lost Dauphin » by Emilia Pardo Bazn
- But Clydesdale did not vacillate in his set purpose for an instant.
- Extract from : « Barren Honour: A Novel » by George A. Lawrence
- It is wiser to be wrong and not hesitate than to vacillate and be right.
- Extract from : « H. R. » by Edwin Lefevre
- The Lamas are trained to wrangle and dispute and defer and vacillate.
- Extract from : « The Unveiling of Lhasa » by Edmund Candler
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