Trem"ble , n. An involuntary shaking or quivering.
I am all of a tremble when I think of it.
W. Black.
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.