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bequivering

bequivering is the present participle and gerund of bequiver.

Meaning of bequiver

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

Questions about bequivering

What is bequivering the present participle and gerund of?
Bequivering is the present participle and gerund of bequiver.

Words near bequivering in the dictionary

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

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