upquiver

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verb

To quiver upward.

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Meanings

verbupquiver (third-person singular simple present upquivers, present participle upquivering, simple past and past participle upquivered)

present singular third person upquivers · participle present upquivering · participle past upquivered · past upquivered

  1. poeticTo quiver upward.

    She saw the air upquivering from the baked earth, the ruined wall.

    1912, Mary Johnston, Cease Firing
    1 more example

    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

Origin

From up- + quiver.

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APA

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

MLA

“upquiver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upquiver. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upquiver,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upquiver.

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