Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bequiver

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-quiver
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause to quiver.

Example Sentences

"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.""

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.

Inflected Forms

bequivers (present, singular) bequivering (participle, present) bequivered (participle, past) bequivered (past)

Questions

What does bequiver mean?: To cause to quiver.
Where does bequiver come from?: 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.

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