Tremble Definition
trĕmbəl
trembled, trembles, trembling
verb
trembled, trembles, trembling
To shake involuntarily from cold, fear, excitement, fatigue, etc.; shiver.
Webster's New World
To feel great fear or anxiety.
Webster's New World
To quiver, quake, totter, vibrate, etc.
Webster's New World
To quaver.
Her voice trembled.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
trembles
The act or condition of trembling.
Webster's New World
A fit or state of trembling.
Webster's New World
A disease of cattle and sheep caused by a poisonous, oily alcohol contained in certain plants, as white snakeroot, and characterized by muscular tremors and a stumbling gait: communicated to humans as milk sickness.
Webster's New World
Any of several other animal diseases characterized by trembling, such as louping ill.
American Heritage Medicine
Origin of Tremble
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From Old French trambler and its variants, from Vulgar Latin tremulāre, present active infinitive of tremulō, a derivate of Classical Latin tremere, present active infinitive of tremō.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English tremblen from Old French trembler from Vulgar Latin tremulāre from Latin tremulus trembling tremulous
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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