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cavilcavil /ˈkævəl/ verb [intransitive + at] formal ETYMOLOGYcavilOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin cavillari to joke, cavil, from cavilla joking VERB TABLEcavil |
Present | I, you, we, they | cavil | | he, she, it | cavils | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | caviled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have caviled | | he, she, it | has caviled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had caviled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cavil | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have caviled |
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Present | I | am caviling | | he, she, it | is caviling | | you, we, they | are caviling | Past | I, he, she, it | was caviling | | you, we, they | were caviling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been caviling | | he, she, it | has been caviling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been caviling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be caviling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been caviling |
to make unnecessary complaints about someone or something—cavil noun [countable] |