tiver

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English *tever, teapor, teafur, from Old English tēafor (red, red lead, vermilion, purple; a material used in making salve; pigment, salve), from Proto-West Germanic *taubr, from Proto-Germanic *taubrą (magic, sorcery). Cognate with Dutch toverij (sorcery, witchcraft), German Zauber (magic), Icelandic töfrar (magic, spells).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tiver

  1. A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.

Etymology 2

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From Middle English *teveren, from Old English tēofrian, *tīefran (to mark in red or purple, colour; depict, portray), from tēafor as above.

Verb

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tiver (third-person singular simple present tivers, present participle tivering, simple past and past participle tivered)

  1. (transitive, regional England) To mark with tiver, as sheep.

References

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  • tiver”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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tiver

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of ter

Portuguese

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Verb

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tiver

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of ter
  2. (nonstandard) Alternative form of estiver