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English Dictionary: twittered by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Twitter \Twit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twittered}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Twittering}.] [OE. twiteren; of imitative origin; cf.
      G. zwitschern, OHG. zwizzir[?]n, D. kwetteren, Sw. qwitra,
      Dan. quiddre. Cf. {Titter}.]
      1. To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted
            noises.
  
                     The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed.
                                                                              --Gray.
  
      2. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter;
            to giggle. --J. Fletcher.
  
      3. [Perhaps influenced by twitch.] To have a slight trembling
            of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
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