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upquiver

upquiver verb: to quiver upward.

Verb

upquiver (third-person singular simple present upquivers, present participle upquivering, simple past and past participle upquivered)

  1. (poetic) To quiver upward.
    • Either it was one of those upquivering flashes of the spirit, to which minds in an abnormal state are liable, or else the artist had subtly touched some chord that made musical vibration.1851, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables
    • She saw the air upquivering from the baked earth, the ruined wall.1912, Mary Johnston, Cease Firing

Forms of upquiver

third-person singular presentupquivers
present participleupquivering
past participleupquivered
pastupquivered

Origin of upquiver

From up- + quiver.

Questions about upquiver

What does upquiver mean?
Upquiver means to quiver upward.
What part of speech is upquiver?
Upquiver is a verb.
What is the past tense of upquiver?
The past tense of upquiver is upquivered.

Words near upquiver in the dictionary

  1. uppushing
  2. upput
  3. upputs
  4. upputting
  5. uppy
  6. upquiver
  7. upquivered
  8. upquivering
  9. upquivers
  10. UPR
  11. upraisal

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