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bequiver

bequiver verb: to cause to quiver.

Verb

bequiver (third-person singular simple present bequivers, present participle bequivering, simple past and past participle bequivered)

  1. (rare) To cause to quiver.
    • "Yes?" The clown stirred uneasily. "That may be, my lady, but he has questioned me before, and his manner is of an abruptness and loudness that bequivers me. He is full of strange words, so that the answers to his questions could not worm out of my throat. Almost, I might believe the romancer who...1952, Isaac Asimov, "The Mule", in Foundation and Empire, Ballantine Books (1983), →ISBN, page 142

Forms of bequiver

third-person singular presentbequivers
present participlebequivering
past participlebequivered
pastbequivered

Origin of bequiver

From be- + quiver.

Questions about bequiver

What does bequiver mean?
Bequiver means to cause to quiver.
What part of speech is bequiver?
Bequiver is a verb.
What is the past tense of bequiver?
The past tense of bequiver is bequivered.

Words near bequiver in the dictionary

  1. Bequette
  2. Bequettes
  3. Bequia
  4. bequiet
  5. bequiffed
  6. bequiver
  7. bequivered
  8. bequivering
  9. bequivers
  10. bequote
  11. bequoted

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