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havering

verb
/ˈheɪvəɹɪŋ/UK

Etymology

From haver + -ing.

  1. derived from *kapro-✻
  2. derived from *habrô✻
  3. derived from hafri
  4. derived from haver
  5. borrowed from haver
  6. suffixed as havering — “haver + ing”

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of haver

  2. Hesitant

    Hesitant; indecisive.

    • Added to the obstacles which reforming ministers like Turgot […] now had to face was the king's havering inconstancy.

  3. Long-winded

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Indecision, indecisive behaviour.

      • Havering over the future of the Barnard Castle-Tebay and Penrith line now seems concluded.

    2. A London borough on the east side of Greater London, laying just outside the conurbation.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA