What does aquiver mean?
Aquiver means In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering..
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/əˈkwɪvə/ · adjective
In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering..
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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Aquiver means In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering..
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Sighing softly to the river Comes the lonely breeze, Setting Nature all a-quiver, Rustling through the trees,
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