upquiver en · VERB
Etymology
From up- + quiver.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| upquivers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| upquivered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upquivered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| upquivering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |