Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to glaver
Participle: glavered
Gerund: glavering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | glaver |
| you | glaver |
| he;she;it | glavers |
| we | glaver |
| you | glaver |
| they | glaver |
Perfect
| I | have glavered |
| you | have glavered |
| he;she;it | has glavered |
| we | have glavered |
| you | have glavered |
| they | have glavered |
Past
| I | glavered |
| you | glavered |
| he;she;it | glavered |
| we | glavered |
| you | glavered |
| they | glavered |
Pluperfect
| I | had glavered |
| you | had glavered |
| he;she;it | had glavered |
| we | had glavered |
| you | had glavered |
| they | had glavered |
Future
| I | will glaver |
| you | will glaver |
| he;she;it | will glaver |
| we | will glaver |
| you | will glaver |
| they | will glaver |
Future Perfect
| I | will have glavered |
| you | will have glavered |
| he;she;it | will have glavered |
| we | will have glavered |
| you | will have glavered |
| they | will have glavered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | glaver |
| you | glaver |
| he;she;it | glaver |
| we | glaver |
| you | glaver |
| they | glaver |
Perfect
| I | have glavered |
| you | have glavered |
| he;she;it | have glavered |
| we | have glavered |
| you | have glavered |
| they | have glavered |
Imperfect
| I | glavered |
| you | glavered |
| he;she;it | glavered |
| we | glavered |
| you | glavered |
| they | glavered |
Pluperfect
| I | had glavered |
| you | had glavered |
| he;she;it | had glavered |
| we | had glavered |
| you | had glavered |
| they | had glavered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would glaver |
| you | would glaver |
| he;she;it | would glaver |
| we | would glaver |
| you | would glaver |
| they | would glaver |
Perfect
| I | would have glavered |
| you | would have glavered |
| he;she;it | would have glavered |
| we | would have glavered |
| you | would have glavered |
| they | would have glavered |
Imperative
| you | glaver |
| we | Let's glaver |
| you | glaver |
Verbs conjugated like 'glaver'
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 'glaver'
claver,
slaver,
aver,
flavor,
gavel,
gladder,
gladen,
glair,
glamor,
glare,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Of Celtic origin. Compare Welsh glafr (“flattery”).
Sample Sentences
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Some slavish, glavering, flattering parasite. [1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:]
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Luke. Item, that the Honourable Ms. Gloriana Strut is ſo fantaſtical in her Dreſs, and trifles away ſo many Hours in admiring herſelf, and being glavered by her Maid, that ſhe always comes into Church, when the reſt of the Congregation are intent upon their Devotions; [1745, The trial of the Honourable Mrs. Gloriana Strut, before Lord Peter, chairman of the committee, held in the council-chamber, near the gates of paradise, page 10:]
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No doubt the users of hackney-coaches “glavered” on the users of glass-coaches. To glaver, need we say, was to fawn — with words of glozing courtesy, to flatter deceitfully. [1900 January 20, “In a Glass Coach”, in The Academy, page 48:]