Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To quiver; shake.
- noun A shaking; trembling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete See
quaver . - intransitive verb Obs. or Prov. Eng. To quaver.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive, obsolete To
quiver ortremble . - noun A
shaking ;trembling .
Etymologies
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From Middle English quaven, cwavien ("to tremble"). More at quaver.
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Examples
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Turcarum Imper. hodie regnantis, & quo nomine cum aliis Princibus obstrictus; quidve contra Christianos machinetur, quave ratione hi ipsi nocere possint, verum etiam plurimorum Populorum, Regionum, Urbium & Itinerum, aliorumque; rerum ad cognitionem belli, quod nunc in Hungaria geritur, necessariarium.
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