Etymology From Middle English tremblen, from Old French trembler, from Late Latin tremulāre, ultimately from Latin tremere (“quiver, shake”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τρέμω (trémō).
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To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
Her lip started to tremble as she burst into tears
The dog was trembling from being in the cold weather all day.
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Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
Thou beleeuest that there is one God, thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue, and tremble.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, James 2:19:
Etymology From Middle English tremblen, from Old French trembler, from Late Latin tremulāre, ultimately from Latin tremere (“quiver, shake”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τρέμω (trémō).