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quave

quave verb: to quiver or tremble.

Verb

quave (third-person singular simple present quaves, present participle quaving, simple past and past participle quaved)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To quiver or tremble.
    • 13??, William Langland, Piers Plowman
      The wal waggede and cleef, and al the world quaved.

Noun

quave (plural quaves)

  1. A shaking; trembling.

Proper noun capitalized: Quave

Quave (plural Quaves)

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Forms of quave

Verb
third-person singular presentquaves
present participlequaving
past participlequaved
pastquaved
Noun
pluralquaves
Proper noun
pluralQuaves

Origin of quave

From Middle English quaven, cwavien (“to tremble”). More at quaver.

Americanized form of Spanish Cuevas.

Questions about quave

What does quave mean?
Quave means to quiver or tremble.
What part of speech is quave?
Quave can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of quave?
The past tense of quave is quaved.

Words near quave in the dictionary

  1. quatuorvir
  2. quatuorvirate
  3. quatuorvirates
  4. quauk
  5. quauks
  6. quave
  7. quaved
  8. quavemire
  9. quavemires
  10. quaver
  11. quaver rest

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