Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WAVE
WAVE, v.i. [Sax. wafian; probably a corrupt orthography.]
- To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to undulate. His purple robes wav'd careless to the winds. – Trumbull.
- To be moved, as a signal. – B. Jonson.
- To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state. [Obs.]
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