bever

Meanings

Noun

• Alternate spelling of bevor
• A drink.
• A snack or light refreshment between meals.
• A time for drinking.
• A mixture of cider and water.

Verb

• To take a light repast between meals.

Related

Similar words

• drink
• snack

Origin

• From Middle English biveren, beveren, frequentative form of Old English beofian, bifian, from Proto-Germanic *bibāną ("to quake, shiver"), equivalent to bive + -er. Cognate with Dutch bibberen ("to shiver, quiver"), Low German beveren ("to shiver"), Dutch beven ("to quake"), German beben ("to quake, tremble"), Swedish bäva ("to quake, tremble"), Icelandic bifa ("to budge, be moved"), Latin foedus ("disgusting, shocking, abominable, heinous").
• From Middle English bever, from Anglo-Norman bever (modern French boire), from Latin bibō.