STAGGER (2)

Stag″ger, v. t. 1. 1. To cause to reel or totter.
That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire That staggers thus my person. Shak. 2. 2. To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
Whosoever will read the story of this war will find himself much staggered. Howell. Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger credibility. Burke. 3. 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.