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falter Verb 1. to be hesitant, weak, or unsure 2. (of a machine) to lose power or strength in an uneven way: the engine began to falter and the plane lost height 3. to speak nervously and without confidence 4. to stop moving smoothly and start moving unsteadily: as he neared the house his steps faltered [origin unknown] faltering adj
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Sweet words falter to and fro -- Though the great River rolls between. But strangely enough I did not falter in my allegiance to him, or realize that here in this free form was a deliverance, if I liked, from the fetters and manacles which I had been at so much pains to fit myself with. If common civility ever obliged him to speak to her, as to drink her health at table, his tongue was sure to falter. |
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