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havered

havered is the simple past and past participle of haver.

Meaning of haver

Verb

haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle havering, simple past and past participle havered)

  1. (UK) To hem and haw.
    • This didn't seem at all unlikely, but when I none the less havered, he insisted that his 'Egyptian fortune-teller' had confirmed it.1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 154
  2. (Scotland) To talk foolishly; to chatter.
    • To business, and no more havers.1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter XIV, in Shrewsbury
    Synonyms:
    babble, haiver, maunder

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Questions about havered

What is havered the simple past and past participle of?
Havered is the simple past and past participle of haver.

Words near havered in the dictionary

  1. havercakes
  2. havercosine
  3. havercosines
  4. Havercroft
  5. Havercroft with Cold Hiendley
  6. havered
  7. haverel
  8. haverels
  9. Haverford
  10. Haverfordwest
  11. Havergal

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