beshiver en · VERB
Etymology
From be- + shiver.
Meanings
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(archaic, poetic, transitive) Synonym of shiver (“break into fragments”).
Tell me the people that do keep / Within the kingdoms of the deep; / Or fetch me back that cloud again, / Beshivered into seeds of rain.
1674, Robert Herrick, To Find God:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beshivered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| beshivered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| beshivers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| beshivering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |