Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to quiver
Participle: quivered
Gerund: quivering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | quiver |
| you | quiver |
| he;she;it | quivers |
| we | quiver |
| you | quiver |
| they | quiver |
Perfect
| I | have quivered |
| you | have quivered |
| he;she;it | has quivered |
| we | have quivered |
| you | have quivered |
| they | have quivered |
Past
| I | quivered |
| you | quivered |
| he;she;it | quivered |
| we | quivered |
| you | quivered |
| they | quivered |
Pluperfect
| I | had quivered |
| you | had quivered |
| he;she;it | had quivered |
| we | had quivered |
| you | had quivered |
| they | had quivered |
Future
| I | will quiver |
| you | will quiver |
| he;she;it | will quiver |
| we | will quiver |
| you | will quiver |
| they | will quiver |
Future Perfect
| I | will have quivered |
| you | will have quivered |
| he;she;it | will have quivered |
| we | will have quivered |
| you | will have quivered |
| they | will have quivered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | quiver |
| you | quiver |
| he;she;it | quiver |
| we | quiver |
| you | quiver |
| they | quiver |
Perfect
| I | have quivered |
| you | have quivered |
| he;she;it | have quivered |
| we | have quivered |
| you | have quivered |
| they | have quivered |
Imperfect
| I | quivered |
| you | quivered |
| he;she;it | quivered |
| we | quivered |
| you | quivered |
| they | quivered |
Pluperfect
| I | had quivered |
| you | had quivered |
| he;she;it | had quivered |
| we | had quivered |
| you | had quivered |
| they | had quivered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would quiver |
| you | would quiver |
| he;she;it | would quiver |
| we | would quiver |
| you | would quiver |
| they | would quiver |
Perfect
| I | would have quivered |
| you | would have quivered |
| he;she;it | would have quivered |
| we | would have quivered |
| you | would have quivered |
| they | would have quivered |
Imperative
| you | quiver |
| we | Let's quiver |
| you | quiver |
Verbs conjugated like 'quiver'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'quiver'
quaver,
bequiver,
kiver,
quave,
queer,
quiet,
quine,
quire,
quite,
quitter,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to tremble," 1490, perhaps onomatopoeic, or possibly an alteration of quaveren (see quaver), or from O.E. cwifer-, perhaps related to cwic "alive" (see quick).
2. From Middle English quiveren, probably from the adjective.
Sample Sentences
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[...] little man stood tiptoe, and putting his head first to one side and then the other, and snuffing considerately in the directions of the various bottles, ordered at last a mint julep, in a thin and quivering voice, and with an air of great circumspection. When poured out, he took it and looked at it with a sharp, complacent air, like a man who thinks he has done about the right thing, and hit the nail [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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A glance like sheet-lightning suddenly flashed from those black eyes; and, facing about, with quivering lip and dilated nostrils, she drew herself up, and fixed a glance, blazing with rage and scorn, on the driver.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)