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vacillate

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vacillate /ˈvasɪleɪt/

▶verb waver between different opinions or actions.

– derivatives
vacillation noun,
vacillator noun.

– origin C16 (earlier (ME) as vacillation), in the sense ‘sway unsteadily’: from L. vacillat-, vacillare ‘sway’.

'vacillate' also found in these Oxford entries:

dilly-dally - to and fro

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