Shiv″er, v. i. [OE. chiveren, cheveren; of uncertain origin. This word seems to have been confused with shiver to shatter.] To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.
Prometheus is laid
On icy Caucasus to shiver. Swift.
The man that shivered on the brink of sin,
Thus steeled and hardened, ventures boldly in. Creech.