Upquiver

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To quiver upward. poetic

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From up- + quiver.

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