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qua·ver  audio  (kwvr) KEY 

VERB:
qua·vered, qua·ver·ing, qua·vers
VERB:
intr.
  1. To quiver, as from weakness; tremble.
  2. To speak in a quivering voice; utter a quivering sound.
  3. Music To produce a trill on an instrument or with the voice.
VERB:
tr.
To utter or sing in a trilling voice.
NOUN:
  1. A quivering sound.
  2. A trill.
  3. Chiefly British An eighth note.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English quaveren, probably frequentative of cwavien, quaven, to tremble

OTHER FORMS:
quaver·ing·ly(Adverb), quaver·y(Adjective)


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