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quivered |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quiver \Quiv"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quivered}; p. pr & vb n. {Quivering}.] [Cf. {Quaver}.] To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver. The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. --Shak. And left the limbs still quivering on the ground. --Addison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quivered \Quiv"ered\, a. 1. Furnished with or carrying, a quiver. ``Like a quivered nymph with arrows keen.'' --Milton. 2. Sheathed, as in a quiver. ``Whose quills stand quivered at his ear.'' --Pope.
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