Wave, vb. 1) trans. a) to move loosely one way and the other; absol.: let him w. thus (viz his sword) Cor. I, 6, 74. still --ing (his handkerchief) Cymb. I, 3, 12. With an object: thus --ing it (his hat) in scorn, Cor. II, 3, 175. --ing thy head, III, 2, 77. Hml. II, 1, 93. --d his handkerchief, Cymb. I, 3, 6. Used of weapons, == to brandish: Troil. V, 5, 9. Caes. III, 1, 109. Cymb. IV, 2, 150.b) to beckon: it --s you to a more removed ground, Hml. I, 4, 61. Hml. I, 4, 61 78 (Ff always wafts). 2) intr. a) to play loosely in the wind: Ven. 306. Shr. Ind. 2, 55. Particularly used of ensigns: H6A I, 6, 1. H6C II, 2, 173. Cor. III, 1, 8. Cymb. V, 5, 480. b) to be uncertain, to fluctuate, to waver: he --d indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good nor harm, Cor. II, 2, 19.