waver

1. (intransitive)To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.

   Flowers wavered in the breeze.

2. (dated, intransitive)To move without purpose or a specified destination; to roam, to wander.

3. (figuratively, intransitive)To begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve; to falter, to flinch, to give way.

   Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs.

   move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

4. (figuratively, intransitive)To feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate.

5. (figuratively, intransitive)Of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady; to shake, to tremble.

   His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic.

6. (figuratively, intransitive)Of light, shadow, or a partly obscured thing: to flicker, to glimmer, to quiver.

   дрожа́тьdrožátʹ, колыха́тьсяkolyxátʹsja

7. (figuratively, intransitive)Chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary.

8. (archaic, intransitive)To sway back and forth, as if about to fall; to reel, to stagger, to totter.

   move back and forth very rapidly

9. (intransitive, obsolete)Followed by from: to deviate from a course; to stray, to wander.

10. (figuratively, intransitive, obsolete)Of the wits: to become confused or unsteady; to reel.

11. (obsolete, transitive)To cause (someone or something) to move back and forth.

12. (obsolete, transitive)To cause (someone) to begin to or show signs of weakening in resolve; also (rare), to weaken in resolve due to (something).

1. Tom is wavering.

   Том вагається.

   deTom zögert.

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2. Tom's faith in Mary never wavered.

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3. Tom's faith in Mary has never wavered.

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4. My faith in Tom has never wavered.

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5. My faith in you has never wavered.

   ruМоя вера в тебя никогда не ослабевала.

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