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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Tremble

/trĕm'-bəl/ · Trem·ble · IPA /ˈtɹɛmbl̩/
01 v. i. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal.
imp. & p. p. Trembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trembling
  1. 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. 2.
    To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing.
    “The Mount of Sinai, whose gray top Shall tremble.” Milton.
  3. 3.
    To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles.
02 n. An involuntary shaking or quivering.
  1. 1.
    An involuntary shaking or quivering.
    “I am all of a tremble when I think of it.” — W. Black.