bequivered

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adjective

Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows; or, sheathed as in a quiver.

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OriginEnglish quivered ← Middle English bi- ← Old English be- →
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Meanings

bequivered1

adjectivebequivered (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFurnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows; or, sheathed as in a quiver.

    How unhappy is the condition of lovers / and of whoever is subject to the bequivered god!

    2010, “English Translation of Parthenio”, in Louise George Clubb, transl., Pollastra and the Origins of Twelfth Night: Parthenio, commedia (1516) with an English Translation, translation of Parthenio by Giovanni Pollastra, →ISBN, page 173
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    Whenever Apollo, or any other bequivered god, or mortal, catches me affecting such maudling company […] he is welcome to transfix me with his sharpest arrow.

    1819, Jane Porter, The Scottish Chiefs, page 348

    He remembered the prayer he'd promised to arrow up for her boy — a prayer which remained bequivered in his soul.

    2015, Andy Kind, The Unfortunate Adventures of Tom Hillingthwaite, →ISBN, page 31

    Synonyms: quivered

bequivered2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of bequiver

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveFurnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows; or, sheathed as in a quiver.

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Origin

bequivered · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  5. Proto-Germanic*bi
  6. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  8. Old Englishbe-
  9. Middle Englishbi-
  10. Englishbe-
  11. Englishquivered
  12. Englishbequivered

From be- + quivered.

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bequivered · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  5. Proto-Germanic*bi
  6. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  8. Old Englishbe-
  9. Middle Englishbi-
  10. Englishbe-
  11. Englishquiver
  12. Englishbequiver
  13. Englishbequivered

From bequiver + -ed.

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bequivered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bequivered

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Chicago

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