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Webster 1913 Edition
Tiver
Tiv′er
,Noun.
[AS.
teáfor
, teáfur
.] A kind of ocher which is used in some parts of England in marking sheep.
[Prov. Eng.]
Tiv′er
,Verb.
T.
To mark with tiver.
[Prov. Eng.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Tiver
TIV'ER
,Noun.
TIV'ER
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
tiver
tiver
English
Noun
tiver
- A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.
Etymology 2
From Middle English *teveren, from Old English tēofrian, tȳfrian (“to mark in red or purple, colour; depict, portray”), from tēafor.
Verb
tiver (third-person singular simple present tivers, present participle tivering, simple past and past participle tivered)
- (transitive) To mark with tiver, as sheep.
Galician
Verb
tiver
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
tiver
- first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of ter
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of ter
- 2000, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Rocco, page 217:
- Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca.
- When you are in doubt, go to the library.
- Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca.
- 2000, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Rocco, page 217:
- (nonstandard) Alternative form of estiver