bequiver en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English quiver English bequiver From be- + quiver.
Meanings
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(rare) To cause to quiver.
1952, Isaac Asimov, "The Mule", in Foundation and Empire, Ballantine Books (1983), →ISBN, page 142, "Yes?" The clown stirred uneasily. "That may be, my lady, but he has questioned me before, and his manner is of an abruptness and loudness that bequivers me. He is full of strange words, so that the answers to his questions could not worm out of my throat. Almost, I might believe the romancer who once played on my ignorance with a tale that, at such moments, the heart lodged in the windpipe and prevented speech."
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bequivering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bequivers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bequivered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bequivered | Tense=Past | lexicographic |