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Webster 1913 Edition


Quivered

Quiv′ered

(kwĭv′ẽrd)
,
Adj.
1.
Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver.
“Like a quivered nymph with arrows keen.”
Milton.
2.
Sheathed, as in a quiver.
“Whose quills stand quivered at his ear.”
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quivered

QUIV'ERED

,
Adj.
[from the noun quiver.]
1.
Furnished with a quiver; as the quivered nymph.
2.
Sheathed as in a quiver.
- Whose quills stand quivered at his ear.

Definition 2024


quivered

quivered

English

Verb

quivered

  1. simple past tense and past participle of quiver

Adjective

quivered (not comparable)

  1. Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows.
    • John Milton
      'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity:
      She that has that is clad in complete steel,
      And, like a quivered nymph with arrows keen,
      May trace huge forests, and unharboured heaths []
  2. Sheathed, as in a quiver.
    • Alexander Pope
      This, this the saving doctrine, preached to all,
      From low St. James's up to high St. Paul;
      From him whose quills stand quivered at his ear,
      To him who notches sticks at Westminster.