Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tremble"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tremble \Trem"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trembled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Trembling}.] [F. trembler, fr. L. tremulus trembling,
tremulous, fr. tremere to shake, tremble; akin to Gr. ?,
Lith. trimti. Cf. {Tremulous}, {Tremor}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tremble \Trem"ble\, n.
An involuntary shaking or quivering.
I am all of a tremble when I think of it. --W. Black.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tremble
n : reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement [syn: {shiver},
{shake}]
v 1: move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook"; "My
legs trembled when I went onstage" [syn: {shake}, {didder}]
2: move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or
sideways; "His hands were trembling when he signed the
document"
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