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upquivering

upquivering is the present participle and gerund of upquiver.

Meaning of upquiver

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

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What is upquivering the present participle and gerund of?
Upquivering is the present participle and gerund of upquiver.

Words near upquivering in the dictionary

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

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