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falter
English
Alternative forms
- faulter (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English falteren (“to stagger”), further origin unknown. Possibly from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse faltrask (“be encumbered”). May also be a frequentative of fold, although the change from d to t is unusual.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f??lt?(r)/, /?f?lt?(r)/
Noun
falter
- unsteadiness.
Translations
Verb
falter (third-person singular simple present falters, present participle faltering, simple past and past participle faltered)
- To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
- 1672, Richard Wiseman, A Treatise of Wounds
- He found his legs falter.
- 1672, Richard Wiseman, A Treatise of Wounds
- (transitive, intransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
- 1807, Lord Byron, Childish Recollections
- And here he faltered forth his last farewell.
- 1807, Lord Byron, Childish Recollections
- To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- Here indeed the power of distinctly conceiving of space and distance falters.
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- To stumble.
- (figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
- And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter.
- To hesitate in purpose or action.
- To cleanse or sift, as barley.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
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unfalteringly
English
Alternative forms
- unfaulteringly (archaic)
Etymology
unfaltering +? -ly
Adverb
unfalteringly (comparative more unfalteringly, superlative most unfalteringly)
- In an unfaltering way; without faltering.
unfalteringly From the web:
- what does unfaltering mean
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