glavering
glavering is the present participle and gerund of glaver.
Meaning of glaver
Verb
glaver (third-person singular simple present glavers, present participle glavering, simple past and past participle glavered)
- To flatter; to wheedle.
- Some slavish, glavering, flattering parasite.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
- Synonyms:
- jolly, lay it on thick, puff, brush up to, collogue, flatter, flatterize, gloze, make fair weather, palaver
Questions about glavering
- What is glavering the present participle and gerund of?
- Glavering is the present participle and gerund of glaver.
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