"vacillate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Englisch]

Audio: En-us-vacillate.ogg Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present vacillate, he vacillates, she vacillates, it vacillates, simple past vacillated, present participle vacillating, past participle vacillated
  1. wanken, wackeln, schwanken
    Sense id: de-vacillate-en-verb-if5HPTXO
  2. unschlüssig/ wankelmütig sein
    Sense id: de-vacillate-en-verb-J0aJniLU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hesitate Derived forms: vacillancy, vacillant, vacillating, vacillatingly, vacillation, vacillator, vacillatory Translations (sdÜ): wanken (Deutsch), wackeln (Deutsch), schwanken (Deutsch), unschlüssig sein (Deutsch), wankelmütig sein (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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