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Stagger | Stagger \Stag"ger\, v. t. 1. To cause to reel or totter. [1913 Webster] That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire That staggers thus my person. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock. [1913 Webster] Whosoever will read the story of this war will find himself much staggered. --Howell. [1913 Webster] Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger credibility. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] |
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