Definitions
1.verbTo waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
2.verbTo stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
3.verbTo fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
4.verbTo stumble.
5.verbTo lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
6.verbTo hesitate in purpose or action.
7.verbTo cleanse or sift, as barley.
8.nounHesitancy
9.adjectiveHesitant, halting