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Os"cil*late (ŏs"sĭl*l&ā;t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Oscillated (ŏs"sĭl*l&ā;`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Oscillating (ŏs"sĭl*l&ā;`tĭng).] [L. oscillare to swing, fr. oscillum a swing, a little mask or puppet made to be hung from trees and swing in the wind, prob. orig., a little mouth, a dim. from os mouth. See Oral, and cf. Osculate.]
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1. To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.
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2. To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth.
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The amount of superior families oscillates rather than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed limits. De Quincey.
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