See Also: shiver(medicine)
shiver(1)(dictionary)
shiver(2)(dictionary)
shiver(3)(dictionary)
shiver(4)(dictionary)
shiver(5)(dictionary)
shiver-spar(medicine)
shiver 1, verb(dictionary)
shiver 2, noun(dictionary)

recommence (iou) and shiver(1) (iou)


recommence (iou)



recommence verb trans. & intrans. L15.
[Old & mod. French recommencer, formed as RE- + commencer COMMENCE.]
(Cause to) commence or begin again.
recommencement noun the action, process, or time of recommencing L18.
recommencer noun E19.

shiver(1) (iou)



shiver noun1. ME.
[Corresp. to Old High German scivaro splinter (German Schiefer slate, for Schieferstein) from Germanic base also of SHIVE noun2: prob. already in Old English.]
A fragment, a chip; a splinter, a sliver, esp. of shattered glass. Usu. in pl. ME.
break in shivers, break into shivers, burst in shivers, burst into shivers, etc., shatter, break into fragments. in shivers broken, in small fragments.
b. spec. A flake or splinter of stone, esp. one broken off during stone-dressing. Now Scot. & dial. E17.
A loose fibre or filament in undressed hemp. Cf. SHIVE noun2 1. LME-L18.
A slaty or schistose kind of stone. E18.