vacillate

Definition of Vacillate in English :

1. hover, oscillate, vacillate, vibrate

be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

Example Sentences:
'He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement'

2. fluctuate, vacillate, waver

move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

Example Sentences:
'the line on the monitor vacillated'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Vacillate

verb (intransitive)

1.

to fluctuate in one's opinions; be indecisive

2.

to sway from side to side physically; totter or waver

verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈvacilˌlated or ˈvacilˌlating

1.

to sway to and fro; waver; totter; stagger

2.

to fluctuate or oscillate

3.

to waver in mind; show indecision

intr.v. vac·il·lat·ed, vac·il·lat·ing, vac·il·lates

1. To be unable to choose between different courses of action or opinions; waver: She vacillated about whether to leave.

2. To change between one state and another; fluctuate: The weather vacillated between sunny and rainy.

3. Archaic To sway from one side to the other.