bequivered

English

Etymology 1

be- +‎ quivered

Adjective

bequivered (not comparable)

  1. Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows; or, sheathed as in a quiver.
    • 1819, Jane Porter, The Scottish Chiefs, page 348:
      Whenever Apollo, or any other bequivered god, or mortal, catches me affecting such maudling company […] he is welcome to transfix me with his sharpest arrow.
    • 2010, “English Translation of Parthenio”, in Louise George Clubb, transl., Pollastra and the Origins of Twelfth Night: Parthenio, commedia (1516) with an English Translation, translation of Parthenio by Giovanni Pollastra, →ISBN, page 173:
      How unhappy is the condition of lovers / and of whoever is subject to the bequivered god!
    • 2015, Andy Kind, The Unfortunate Adventures of Tom Hillingthwaite, →ISBN, page 31:
      He remembered the prayer he'd promised to arrow up for her boy — a prayer which remained bequivered in his soul.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From bequiver +‎ -ed.

Verb

bequivered

  1. simple past and past participle of bequiver
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