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Tremble
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
An involuntary shaking or quivering. I am all of a tremble when I think of it. W. Black.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal. I tremble still with fear. Shak. Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke. Dryden.
2. To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing. The Mount of Sinai, whose gray top Shall tremble. Milton.
3. To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles.