Tremble

(trēm/bl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. TREMBLED; p. pr. & vb. n. TREMBLING.] [Fr. trembler, Pr. tremolar, Sp. tremolar, temblar, It. tremolare, tremulare, from Lat. tremulus, trembling, tremulous, from tremere, to shake, tremble.]

1Sense 1. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; — said of a person.

I tremble still with fear. Shak.

Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke. Dryden.

2Sense 2. To totter; to shake; — said of a thing.

Sinai’s gray top shall tremble. Milton.

3Sense 3. To quaver; to shake, as sound; as, the voice trembles.