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Webster 1913 Edition


Quave

Quave

,
Noun.
See
Quaver
.
[Obs.]

Quave

,
Verb.
I.
To quaver.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Quave

QUAVE

, for quaver, is not used.

Definition 2024


quave

quave

English

Verb

quave (third-person singular simple present quaves, present participle quaving, simple past and past participle quaved)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To quiver or tremble.
    • 13??, William Langland, Piers Plowman
      The wal waggede and cleef, and al the world quaved.

Noun

quave (plural quaves)

  1. A shaking; trembling.