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Stag"ger (-g&etilde_;r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Staggered (-g&etilde_;rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Staggering.] [OE. stakeren, Icel. stakra to push, to stagger, fr. staka to punt, push, stagger; cf. OD. staggeren to stagger. Cf. Stake, n.] 1. To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.
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Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow. Dryden.
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2. To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail. “The enemy staggers.” Addison.
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3. To begin to doubt and waver in purpose; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
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He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief. Rom. iv. 20.
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Stag"ger, v. t. 1. To cause to reel or totter.
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That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire
That staggers thus my person. Shak.
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2. To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
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Whosoever will read the story of this war will find himself much staggered. Howell.
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Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger credibility. Burke.
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3. To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
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Stag"ger, n. 1. An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.
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2. pl. (Far.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; apopletic or sleepy staggers.
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3. pl. Bewilderment; perplexity. [R.] Shak.
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Stomach staggers (Far.), distention of the stomach with food or gas, resulting in indigestion, frequently in death.
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