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Date: 1400-1500
Origin: Probably from quiver 'active, quick' (13-19 centuries), from an unrecorded Old English cwifer

quiver

1 verb
     
quiv‧er1 [intransitive]
to shake slightly because you are cold, or because you feel very afraid, angry, excited etc [= tremble]:
The child was quivering in her arms.
Her mouth quivered slightly as she turned away.
quiver with indignation/anger etc
I lay there quivering with fear.
His voice was quivering with rage.
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