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  • 81fluctuate — v. n. 1. Oscillate, undulate, wave, be unsteady, rise and fall, roll hither and thither, move to and fro, move up and down. 2. Vary, change, rise and fall. 3. Waver, vacillate, be irresolute or inconstant or unsettled …

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  • 82Waver — Wa ver, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wavered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wavering}.] [OE. waveren, from AS. w[ae]fre wavering, restless. See {Wave}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to… …

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  • 83Wavered — Waver Wa ver, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wavered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wavering}.] [OE. waveren, from AS. w[ae]fre wavering, restless. See {Wave}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to… …

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  • 84Wavering — Waver Wa ver, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wavered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wavering}.] [OE. waveren, from AS. w[ae]fre wavering, restless. See {Wave}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to… …

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  • 85wrig|gle — «RIHG uhl», verb, gled, gling, noun. –v.i. 1. to twist and turn; squirm; wiggle: »Children wriggle when they are restless. 2. to move by twisting and turning: »A snake wriggled across the road. 3. Figurative. to make one s way by shifts and… …

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  • 86agitate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. foment, instigate, etc. trouble; disturb, perturb. See excitement, cause, agitation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. stir, move, arouse, disturb; see disturb 2 , excite 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at disturb .… …

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  • 87stream — n 1. river, freshet, U.S. Dial. kill, brook, creek, Dial. crick; streamlet, rivulet, rill, run, runnel, runlet; channel, watercourse, waterway, artificial waterway, canal, sluice, wadi, arroyo; branch, tributary, feeder, affluent, confluent;… …

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  • 88weave — [[t]wiv[/t]] v. wove (esp. for5,9)weaved; wo•venwove; weav•ing; 1) tex to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material 2) tex to form by such interlacing: to weave a basket; to weave cloth[/ex] 3)… …

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  • 89Swang — Swing Swing, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swung}; Archaic imp. {Swang}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swinging}.] [OE. swingen, AS. swingan to scourge, to fly, to flutter; akin to G. schwingen to winnow, to swingle, oscillate, sich schwingen to leap, to soar, OHG.… …

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  • 90Swing — Swing, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swung}; Archaic imp. {Swang}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swinging}.] [OE. swingen, AS. swingan to scourge, to fly, to flutter; akin to G. schwingen to winnow, to swingle, oscillate, sich schwingen to leap, to soar, OHG. swingan… …

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