Meaning of aquiver | Babel Free

Definitions

In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.

not-comparable

Examples

“Sighing softly to the river Comes the lonely breeze, Setting Nature all a-quiver, Rustling through the trees,”

“There is no colour line in love, and though a-quiver with ungovernable fright, for Ursula's sake black Woona went graphically through the final death contortions of the poisoned mangy pup.”

“He had gone inland about half a mile when there came suddenly to his trained nostrils the one scent that sets the whole savage jungle aquiver—Tarzan smelled man.”

“He said "Stand and deliver / For I am all aquiver."”

“Almost the whole continental rim of the Pacific basin is aquiver with earthquakes and fiery with volcanoes, some frequently active, some extinct, some merely sleeping a centuries-long sleep between periods of explosive violence.”

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