TREMBLE

v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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.
v.

To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing. The Mount of Sinai, whose gray top Shall tremble. Milton.

3.
v.

To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles.

4.
n.

An involuntary shaking or quivering. I am all of a tremble when I think of it. W. Black.

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