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pendulate, v.|ˈpɛndjʊleɪt|
[f. L. type *pendulā-re = It. pendolare ‘to hang sloping, to dangle downe’ (Florio), f. pendulus pendulous: see -ate3.]
intr. a. To dangle, sway to and fro, swing like a pendulum, oscillate, undulate. b. fig. To fluctuate or oscillate between two opposite conditions; to be in suspense or undecided.
1698Christ Exalted cv. 85 He had a good steddy pair of Ballances that did not pendulate an Hairs breadth. 1828Westm. Rev. Apr. 442 As his [an auctioneer's] hammer pendulates. 1837Carlyle Diam. Neckl. xvi. Ess. 1872 V. 193 The ill-starred Scoundrel pendulates between Heaven and Earth. 1847Gilfillan in Tait's Mag. XIV. 69 Some pendulate perpetually between the grave and the gay. 1865Spectator 14 Jan. 49 Here we have a surrounding envelope of photogenic matter, which pendulates with mighty energies, and..produces heat and light in far distant worlds. |