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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wave \wave\, v. i. imp. p. p. waved; p. pr. vb. n.
waving. oe. waven, as. wafian to waver, to hesitate, to
wonder; akin to waefre wavering, restless, mhg. wabern to
be in motion, icel. vafra to hover about; cf. icel. v=afa
to vibrate. cf. waft, waver.
1913 webster
1. to play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the
other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
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his purple robes waved careless to the winds.
--trumbull.
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where the flags of three nations has successively
waved. --hawthorne.
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2. to be moved to and fro as a signal. --b. jonson.
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3. to fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to
vacillate. obs.
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he waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither
good nor harm. --shak.
1913 webster
see also:
waved waving waft waver
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
waved \waved\, a.
1. exhibiting a wavelike form or outline; undulating;
intended; wavy; as, waved edge.
1913 webster
2. having a wavelike appearance; marked with wavelike lines
of color; as, waved, or watered, silk.
1913 webster
3. her. having undulations like waves; -- said of one of
the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the
ordinaries, etc.
1913 webster
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