quivered

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quivered - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Quiver \Quiv"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quivered
     (kw[i^]v"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Quivering.] [Cf.
     Quaver.]
     To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to
     tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
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           The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. --Shak.
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           And left the limbs still quivering on the ground.
                                                    --Addison.
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  Quivered \Quiv"ered\ (kw[i^]v"[~e]rd), a.
     1. Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver. "Like a quivered
        nymph with arrows keen." --Milton.
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     2. Sheathed, as in a quiver. "Whose quills stand quivered at
        his ear." --Pope.
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