beshiver

English

Etymology

be- +‎ shiver

Verb

beshiver (third-person singular simple present beshivers, present participle beshivering, simple past and past participle beshivered)

1. (transitive, poetic, archaic) Synonym of shiver (“break into fragments”)
   • (Can we date this quote by Robert Herrick, To Find God and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Tell me the people that do keep / Within the kingdoms of the deep; / Or fetch me back that cloud again, / Beshivered into seeds of rain.