vacillating
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Webster's Dictionary (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.] [1913 Webster]
1.To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver. [1913 Webster]
[A spheroid] is always liable to shift and vacillatefrom one axis to another.— Paley.[1913 Webster]
2.To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver. [1913 Webster]
Syn: See Fluctuate. [1913 Webster]
Vacillating \Vac"il*la`ting\, a. Inclined to fluctuate; wavering. --Tennyson. -- Vac"il*la`ting*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]