tremblen.

/ˈtrɛmb(ə)l/

Forms: see the verb.

Etymology: < tremble v.

a. An act or the action of trembling; a fit or state of trembling; a tremor; a vibration.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [noun] > trembling or quivering > a tremble or quiver

quavea1382

tremble1610

tremor1635

motitation1649

vibration1650

quaver1736

quiver1786

whither1825

shudder1865

1610 Bible (Douay) II. 4 Esdras xv. 37 They shal shake..and tremble shal take them.

1677 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 12 836 (According to him) Sound may be caused by the tremble of solid bodies without the presence of gross Air.

1719 [see sense 1b]. 1769 [see sense 1b].

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Tremble (s. colloquial, from the verb), a tremor.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxvii. 281 A terrible tremble crept over her whole frame.

1884 T. Woolner Silenus i. ii. 21 Sitting beside the reeds He saw a tremble shivering thro' their leaves.

1894 ‘I. Maclaren’ Cunning Sp. Drumtochty in Beside Bonnie Brier Bush (1895) 185 He micht gie a bit trimmil.

b. In colloquial phrases (all) in, all of a tremble, on or upon the tremble, trembling, esp. with agitation or excitement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adverb] > in state of nervous excitement

out1598

in a tweak1699

(all) in, all of a tremble1769

on or upon the tremble1800

on the tittup (also on tittups)1873

aflutter1886

1719 Miss Howe in Lett. C'tess Suffolk (1824) I. 39 Mama has invited me to stay here,..which put me in such a tremble that I am hardly recovered.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 11 I am all of a tremble.

1800 C. Lamb Let. 20 May in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 207 I am still on the tremble. For I do not know where we could go.

1830 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 35/2 He seemed all of a totter and tremble.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) I. 206 Why should I be in such a tremble all the while he talked?

c. Tremulousness or unsteadiness (of the voice) caused by emotion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > tremulous quality

trilla1704

quaver1748

tremble1779

tremor1797

falter1834

shake1859

1779 Mirror No. 54. ⁋13 There is a melting tremble in her voice, which..is inimitably beautiful and affecting.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxiii. 338 A deep impassioned earnestness..that made the very tremble in her voice a part of her firmness.

2. plural. the trembles: Any disease or condition characterized by an involuntary shaking, as ague or palsy (esp. in sheep); the tremor due to mercurialism, delirium tremens, etc.; the ‘shakes’; (North American) milk-sickness (milk n.¹ and adj. Compounds 3).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > shaking or trembling

ague fit1528

ague1532

grooving1637

the tremblesa1803

shivering fit1816

trepidation1822

shake1838

trembling fit1856

fibrillation1882

intention tremor1887

rest tremor1890

shivering attack1899

flutter1910

a1803 J. Walker Ess. Nat. Hist. & Rural Econ. (1812) 525 Ovis in pascuis montosis morbo obnoxia est, hactenus insanabili,..the Trembles.

1848 A. S. Taylor On Poisons xxxiii. 561 The disease produced by the use of the flesh or milk of animals fed in these districts, is known under the name of milk-sickness, or trembles.

1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Trembles, a popular term for the disorder mercurial tremor.

a1864 N. Hawthorne Septimius Felton (1872) 137 A hardness of hearing, and a dimness of sight, and the trembles.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. viii. 229 What are popularly called ‘the trembles’ being in full force upon him.

1887 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 9/1 The flesh of an animal suffering from trembles..would also produce the disease [milk-sickness].

3. The American aspen, Populus tremuloides.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] > aspen

aspc700

white poplar1542

quaking asp1549

quaking aspen1586

aspen1590

trembling poplar1698

tremble1749

American aspen1785

quaking asp1822

quaking aspen1845

mountain ash1871

1749 in Rep. Comm. Ho. Comm. II. 246/2 (Hudson's Bay Co.) The Beavers chiefest Food is, the Poplar or Tremble.

1770 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. (1772) II. 356 They likewise make use of those which grow on the asp-tree or tremble.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

tremblev.

/ˈtrɛmb(ə)l/

Forms: α. Middle English tremle, tremel, tremyl, (Middle English trenle, Scottish tremal), Middle English -ylle, -ul, trymmel, Middle English–1500s Scottish tri-, trymle, 1500s Scottish trimm-, trymm-, -le, -yll, etc., trumle, 1800s Scottish trimmil; β. Middle English–1500s trem-, ( trim-, trym-), -bel, -byl, etc., (1500s trumbill), Middle English– tremble.

Etymology: < French trembler (11th cent. in Godefroy Compl.) < popular and medieval Latin tremulāre (Du Cange), by which the early tremel, -le, -yl form may have been influenced, < Latin tremulus tremulous, < tremĕre to tremble, quake, shake. Compare Provençal tremblar, Spanish temblar, Italian tremolare.

a. intransitive. Of persons (less commonly of animals), or of the body or a limb: To shake involuntarily as with fear or other emotion, cold, or weakness; to quake, quiver, shiver.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > manifest itself [verb (intransitive)] > quiver or throb with emotion

tremble1303

quiver1490

flichter1528

throb1743

the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (intransitive)] > shudder with fear

quakeOE

agriseOE

quavec1225

grisea1250

shiverc1250

aquake1303

tremble1303

gruec1330

shuddera1350

darea1400

gryec1400

grillc1420

fremishc1425

shrugc1440

oggle?a1475

hugge1483

starkle?1544

trepidate1623

quiver1670

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver

shiverc1250

tremble1303

lillec1400

tryllec1400

quaver?a1439

didderc1440

dadderc1450

whitherc1450

bever1470

dindle1470

brawl1489

quiver1490

quitter1513

flichter1528

warble1549

palsy1582

quoba1586

twitter1629

dither1649

verberate1652

quibble1721

dandera1724

tremulate1749

vibrate1757

dingle1787

nidge1803

tirl1825

reel1847

shudder1849

tremor1921

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 9390 Hys herte began to tremle and colde.

13.. St. Cristofer 629 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 461 For ferde he tremlide ylka bone.

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. 5425 I..þat..Fele myn hond boþe tremble and quake.

1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) i. xv. 11 I tremble as doth a leef vpon a tree.

c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 877 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 281 He tremaland, as he mocht.

c1480 (a1400) St. George 257 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 183 Fast tremeland.

?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Aiiij We tremble naked, and dye almost for colde.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 460 Trewlie that tenefull [a tiger] was trimland than.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 334 At euery word they trembled then for awe.

1673 Siege in W. Davenant Wks. ii. i. 67/2 I tremble like a tender Lamb, In a cold Winter night.

1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace ix. 192 The Bird that is delivered out of the Tallons of the Hawk, trembles afterward at the noise of his Bells.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian i He trembled with anxiety.

1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 53 I felt Leslie's hand tremble on my arm.

a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 167 Ah! Ballad, unto thy dear offices I do commend my soul, thus trembling.

1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. Dante Vita Nuova in Early Ital. Poets ii. 293 Gives me full oft a fear that trembleth: So that I call on Death.

b. figurative and rhetorical. To be affected with dread or apprehension, or with any feeling that is accompanied by trembling. Const. at, for, to do something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of terror or horror > be terrified [verb (intransitive)]

fordreadc1175

dreada1240

breec1375

tremblec1475

misdread1597

to sweat blood1924

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 55 W[h]o is þe formar and original cause..of þis þus gret iuel, I drede ungly to sey, tremel and quake.

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 6018 in Wks. (1931) I I trimyll tyll heir tell The terribyll Turmentyng of hell.

1562 N. Winȝet Last Blast Trompet in Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 40 We exhorte ȝow..to feir and trimble at the feirfull exemplis of deid.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 322 The Grand Signor with all his absolute power..trembles at a Janizary's frown.

1769 T. Gray Inscript. Villa in New Foundling Hosp. for Wit: Pt. 3rd 34 Earl Goodwin trembled for his neighb'ring sand.

1779 W. Cowper in J. Newton & W. Cowper Olney Hymns ii. 253 'Satan trembles, when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.

1816 P. B. Shelley Dæmon of World in Alastor 101 While human tongues Tremble to speak.

1911 R. R. Marett Anthropol. ii. 43 Then man presumably killed game..on top of the Wealden dome, how many years ago one trembles to think.

a. Of things: To be agitated or affected with vibratory motion; to shake, quake, quiver.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > shake

quakeeOE

bivec888

shakec950

reseOE

aquetcha1000

divera1225

quavec1225

quetchc1275

squetchc1330

tremblec1374

waga1398

roga1400

shaga1400

quashc1400

shatter1533

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. met. i. 1 The slake skyn tremblyth of myn emptyd body.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 24413 Þe erþ be-gan to tremble & quake.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv. xiv Whan the toune is taken..the Country aboute..ouȝt to tremble and shake.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 322 The poynt of the needle styll respected the northe..sauynge that it sumwhat trembeled and declyned a lyttle.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 510 They run their ships aground, the Vessels knock,..and tremble with the shock.

1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. P. F. Richter in German Romance III. 308 Then began the Eolian Harp of the Creation to tremble and to sound.

1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 39 A little Harebell trembling in the breeze.

b. Said of the tremulous or vibratory motion or effect of light, sound, speech, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver > esp. of light or sound

tremblec1400

waver1664

thrill1776

c1400 [implied in: Song Roland 54 Trymlinge of tabers And tymbring soft. (at trembling n.)].

c1440 Partonope 5790 Wyth voys tremelyng.

a1627 J. Beaumont Bosworth-field (1629) 3 Which like a twinkling starre, with trembling light Sends radiant lustre through the darksome aire.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 207 The lookers on incessantly warble out soft trembling Musique.

1713 A. Pope Ode Musick 2 In broken Air, trembling, the wild Musick floats.

1713 A. Pope Ode Musick 7 Yet ev'n in Death..Eurydice still trembled on his Tongue.

1738 A. Pope Satires of Horace ii. vi. 189 Tell how the Moon-beam trembling falls.

1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 28 Where the pebble-paven shore..Trembles and sparkles as with ecstacy.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Vision of Sin in Poems (new ed.) II. 214 Low voluptuous music winding trembled.

c. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > be in danger > be at risk or in a precarious position

stacker1402

periclitate1581

to stand on a rolling stone1581

to lie upon the wager1590

tottera1616

concern1659

to tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin icea1734

tremblea1862

to skate over (or on) thin ice1897

to teeter on the brink1937

1819 P. B. Shelley Fragm.: Questions 8 A dream, Part of which comes true, and part Beats and trembles in the heart.

a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) III. iii. 121 The liberties of Scotland..were trembling in the balance.

†3. transitive. To regard with trembling or dread; to tremble at. (Cf. Latin tremĕre.) Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (transitive)] > shudder at with terror or abhorrence

agrisea1382

grisea1382

tremblea1382

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lxvi. 2 To whom..shall I beholde, but to my porelet [L. pauperculum] and contrit in spirit, and tremblende [L. trementem] my wrdis?

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 185 Thy mother, whome the companyes of helles tremel [L. tremiscunt] and drede.

1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 104 That whiche..the deuil, aboue al thinges, trembleth.

4. To cause to tremble or shake.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] > make tremble

tremble1591

quiver1599

dingle1611

shiver1693

tremulate1764

thrill1800

tremefy1832

1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. K3^v Either Scipion..To whom the ruin'd walls of Carthage vow'd, Trembling their forces, sound their praises lowd.

1652 W. Durham Maran-atha 11 It was much that a prisoner should so soon tremble his Judge.

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V xxv, in Poems (1878) IV. 107 The Palsey of the common Earth, Trembles my Quill.

1746 W. Tans'ur New Musical Gram. 23 A Shake, or Trilloe,..is to shake, tremble, or warble your Voice, or Instrument.

1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 25 Thou art as a dove Trembling its closed eyes.

1850 E. B. Browning Woman's Shortcomings ii She trembles her fan.

5. intransitive. To pass tremulously. Chiefly poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > with vibration

whirra1400

hotterc1650

tremble1730

vibrate1756

flick1853

quaver1943

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 133 Soon as the morning trembles o'er the sky, And, unperceiv'd, unfolds the spreading day.

1796 S. T. Coleridge Effusion xxxv in Poems Var. Subj. 99 Organic Harps..That tremble into thought.

a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 413 With a snail-like progress..we trembled through this part of our way.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Talking Oak xli, in Poems (new ed.) II. 74 A teardrop trembled from its source.

1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 295 On the dial of time the shadow has not yet trembled over the line that marks the beginning of the first century.

6. transitive. tremble out: To utter tremulously or falteringly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > in a tremulous voice

quaver1773

tremble out1868

1868 A. I. Menken Infelicia 35 And trembling out prayers, and waiting to die.

Derivatives

ˈtrembled adj. made to tremble.

ΚΠ

1820 J. Keats Ode to Psyche in Lamia & Other Poems 117 The whisp'ring roof Of leaves and trembled blossoms.

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单词	tremble
释义	tremblen. /ˈtrɛmb(ə)l/ Forms: see the verb. Etymology: < tremble v. 1. a. An act or the action of trembling; a fit or state of trembling; a tremor; a vibration. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [noun] > trembling or quivering > a tremble or quiver quavea1382 tremble1610 tremor1635 motitation1649 vibration1650 quaver1736 quiver1786 whither1825 shudder1865 1610 Bible (Douay) II. 4 Esdras xv. 37 They shal shake..and tremble shal take them. 1677 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 12 836 (According to him) Sound may be caused by the tremble of solid bodies without the presence of gross Air. 1719 [see sense 1b]. 1769 [see sense 1b]. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Tremble (s. colloquial, from the verb), a tremor. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxvii. 281 A terrible tremble crept over her whole frame. 1884 T. Woolner Silenus i. ii. 21 Sitting beside the reeds He saw a tremble shivering thro' their leaves. 1894 ‘I. Maclaren’ Cunning Sp. Drumtochty in Beside Bonnie Brier Bush (1895) 185 He micht gie a bit trimmil. b. In colloquial phrases (all) in, all of a tremble, on or upon the tremble, trembling, esp. with agitation or excitement. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adverb] > in state of nervous excitement out1598 in a tweak1699 (all) in, all of a tremble1769 on or upon the tremble1800 on the tittup (also on tittups)1873 aflutter1886 1719 Miss Howe in Lett. C'tess Suffolk (1824) I. 39 Mama has invited me to stay here,..which put me in such a tremble that I am hardly recovered. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 11 I am all of a tremble. 1800 C. Lamb Let. 20 May in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 207 I am still on the tremble. For I do not know where we could go. 1830 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 35/2 He seemed all of a totter and tremble. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) I. 206 Why should I be in such a tremble all the while he talked? c. Tremulousness or unsteadiness (of the voice) caused by emotion. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > tremulous quality trilla1704 quaver1748 tremble1779 tremor1797 falter1834 shake1859 1779 Mirror No. 54. ⁋13 There is a melting tremble in her voice, which..is inimitably beautiful and affecting. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxiii. 338 A deep impassioned earnestness..that made the very tremble in her voice a part of her firmness. 2. plural. the trembles: Any disease or condition characterized by an involuntary shaking, as ague or palsy (esp. in sheep); the tremor due to mercurialism, delirium tremens, etc.; the ‘shakes’; (North American) milk-sickness (milk n.¹ and adj. Compounds 3). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > shaking or trembling ague fit1528 ague1532 grooving1637 the tremblesa1803 shivering fit1816 trepidation1822 shake1838 trembling fit1856 fibrillation1882 intention tremor1887 rest tremor1890 shivering attack1899 flutter1910 a1803 J. Walker Ess. Nat. Hist. & Rural Econ. (1812) 525 Ovis in pascuis montosis morbo obnoxia est, hactenus insanabili,..the Trembles. 1848 A. S. Taylor On Poisons xxxiii. 561 The disease produced by the use of the flesh or milk of animals fed in these districts, is known under the name of milk-sickness, or trembles. 1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Trembles, a popular term for the disorder mercurial tremor. a1864 N. Hawthorne Septimius Felton (1872) 137 A hardness of hearing, and a dimness of sight, and the trembles. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. viii. 229 What are popularly called ‘the trembles’ being in full force upon him. 1887 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 9/1 The flesh of an animal suffering from trembles..would also produce the disease [milk-sickness]. 3. The American aspen, Populus tremuloides. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] > aspen aspc700 white poplar1542 quaking asp1549 quaking aspen1586 aspen1590 trembling poplar1698 tremble1749 American aspen1785 quaking asp1822 quaking aspen1845 mountain ash1871 1749 in Rep. Comm. Ho. Comm. II. 246/2 (Hudson's Bay Co.) The Beavers chiefest Food is, the Poplar or Tremble. 1770 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. (1772) II. 356 They likewise make use of those which grow on the asp-tree or tremble. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2020). † trembleadj. Etymology: < Latin tremulus, after tremble v. Obsolete. rare. Trembling. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [adjective] > trembling or quivering tremblinga1400 aspen?c1412 quavering?a1439 didderingc1440 wavering1488 quavery1519 quiveringa1547 warbling1549 tremble1568 quiverish1582 tremefacting1599 aguisha1602 tremulous1611 twittering1648 brandishing1658 micant1661 shivery1747 shivering1762 tremulating1813 dithing1818 dithering1821 quivery1833 tremulant1837 trembly1846 thrilling1850 trepidatory1881 shuddering1893 doddery1919 1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 81 To be geuen..vnto them that haue the palsey, or any num or tremble member. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). tremblev. /ˈtrɛmb(ə)l/ Forms: α. Middle English tremle, tremel, tremyl, (Middle English trenle, Scottish tremal), Middle English -ylle, -ul, trymmel, Middle English–1500s Scottish tri-, trymle, 1500s Scottish trimm-, trymm-, -le, -yll, etc., trumle, 1800s Scottish trimmil; β. Middle English–1500s trem-, ( trim-, trym-), -bel, -byl, etc., (1500s trumbill), Middle English– tremble. Etymology: < French trembler (11th cent. in Godefroy Compl.) < popular and medieval Latin tremulāre (Du Cange), by which the early tremel, -le, -yl form may have been influenced, < Latin tremulus tremulous, < tremĕre to tremble, quake, shake. Compare Provençal tremblar, Spanish temblar, Italian tremolare. 1. a. intransitive. Of persons (less commonly of animals), or of the body or a limb: To shake involuntarily as with fear or other emotion, cold, or weakness; to quake, quiver, shiver. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > manifest itself [verb (intransitive)] > quiver or throb with emotion tremble1303 quiver1490 flichter1528 throb1743 the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (intransitive)] > shudder with fear quakeOE agriseOE quavec1225 grisea1250 shiverc1250 aquake1303 tremble1303 gruec1330 shuddera1350 darea1400 gryec1400 grillc1420 fremishc1425 shrugc1440 oggle?a1475 hugge1483 starkle?1544 trepidate1623 quiver1670 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver shiverc1250 tremble1303 lillec1400 tryllec1400 quaver?a1439 didderc1440 dadderc1450 whitherc1450 bever1470 dindle1470 brawl1489 quiver1490 quitter1513 flichter1528 warble1549 palsy1582 quoba1586 twitter1629 dither1649 verberate1652 quibble1721 dandera1724 tremulate1749 vibrate1757 dingle1787 nidge1803 tirl1825 reel1847 shudder1849 tremor1921 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 9390 Hys herte began to tremle and colde. 13.. St. Cristofer 629 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 461 For ferde he tremlide ylka bone. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. 5425 I..þat..Fele myn hond boþe tremble and quake. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) i. xv. 11 I tremble as doth a leef vpon a tree. c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 877 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 281 He tremaland, as he mocht. c1480 (a1400) St. George 257 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 183 Fast tremeland. ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Aiiij We tremble naked, and dye almost for colde. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 460 Trewlie that tenefull [a tiger] was trimland than. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 334 At euery word they trembled then for awe. 1673 Siege in W. Davenant Wks. ii. i. 67/2 I tremble like a tender Lamb, In a cold Winter night. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace ix. 192 The Bird that is delivered out of the Tallons of the Hawk, trembles afterward at the noise of his Bells. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian i He trembled with anxiety. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 53 I felt Leslie's hand tremble on my arm. a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 167 Ah! Ballad, unto thy dear offices I do commend my soul, thus trembling. 1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. Dante Vita Nuova in Early Ital. Poets ii. 293 Gives me full oft a fear that trembleth: So that I call on Death. b. figurative and rhetorical. To be affected with dread or apprehension, or with any feeling that is accompanied by trembling. Const. at, for, to do something. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of terror or horror > be terrified [verb (intransitive)] fordreadc1175 dreada1240 breec1375 tremblec1475 misdread1597 to sweat blood1924 c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 55 W[h]o is þe formar and original cause..of þis þus gret iuel, I drede ungly to sey, tremel and quake. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 6018 in Wks. (1931) I I trimyll tyll heir tell The terribyll Turmentyng of hell. 1562 N. Winȝet Last Blast Trompet in Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 40 We exhorte ȝow..to feir and trimble at the feirfull exemplis of deid. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 322 The Grand Signor with all his absolute power..trembles at a Janizary's frown. 1769 T. Gray Inscript. Villa in New Foundling Hosp. for Wit: Pt. 3rd 34 Earl Goodwin trembled for his neighb'ring sand. 1779 W. Cowper in J. Newton & W. Cowper Olney Hymns ii. 253 'Satan trembles, when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees. 1816 P. B. Shelley Dæmon of World in Alastor 101 While human tongues Tremble to speak. 1911 R. R. Marett Anthropol. ii. 43 Then man presumably killed game..on top of the Wealden dome, how many years ago one trembles to think. 2. a. Of things: To be agitated or affected with vibratory motion; to shake, quake, quiver. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > shake quakeeOE bivec888 shakec950 reseOE aquetcha1000 divera1225 quavec1225 quetchc1275 squetchc1330 tremblec1374 waga1398 roga1400 shaga1400 quashc1400 shatter1533 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. met. i. 1 The slake skyn tremblyth of myn emptyd body. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 24413 Þe erþ be-gan to tremble & quake. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv. xiv Whan the toune is taken..the Country aboute..ouȝt to tremble and shake. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 322 The poynt of the needle styll respected the northe..sauynge that it sumwhat trembeled and declyned a lyttle. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 510 They run their ships aground, the Vessels knock,..and tremble with the shock. 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. P. F. Richter in German Romance III. 308 Then began the Eolian Harp of the Creation to tremble and to sound. 1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 39 A little Harebell trembling in the breeze. b. Said of the tremulous or vibratory motion or effect of light, sound, speech, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver > esp. of light or sound tremblec1400 waver1664 thrill1776 c1400 [implied in: Song Roland 54 Trymlinge of tabers And tymbring soft. (at trembling n.)]. c1440 Partonope 5790 Wyth voys tremelyng. a1627 J. Beaumont Bosworth-field (1629) 3 Which like a twinkling starre, with trembling light Sends radiant lustre through the darksome aire. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 207 The lookers on incessantly warble out soft trembling Musique. 1713 A. Pope Ode Musick 2 In broken Air, trembling, the wild Musick floats. 1713 A. Pope Ode Musick 7 Yet ev'n in Death..Eurydice still trembled on his Tongue. 1738 A. Pope Satires of Horace ii. vi. 189 Tell how the Moon-beam trembling falls. 1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 28 Where the pebble-paven shore..Trembles and sparkles as with ecstacy. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Vision of Sin in Poems (new ed.) II. 214 Low voluptuous music winding trembled. c. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > be in danger > be at risk or in a precarious position stacker1402 periclitate1581 to stand on a rolling stone1581 to lie upon the wager1590 tottera1616 concern1659 to tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin icea1734 tremblea1862 to skate over (or on) thin ice1897 to teeter on the brink1937 1819 P. B. Shelley Fragm.: Questions 8 A dream, Part of which comes true, and part Beats and trembles in the heart. a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) III. iii. 121 The liberties of Scotland..were trembling in the balance. †3. transitive. To regard with trembling or dread; to tremble at. (Cf. Latin tremĕre.) Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (transitive)] > shudder at with terror or abhorrence agrisea1382 grisea1382 tremblea1382 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lxvi. 2 To whom..shall I beholde, but to my porelet [L. pauperculum] and contrit in spirit, and tremblende [L. trementem] my wrdis? 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 185 Thy mother, whome the companyes of helles tremel [L. tremiscunt] and drede. 1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 104 That whiche..the deuil, aboue al thinges, trembleth. 4. To cause to tremble or shake. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] > make tremble tremble1591 quiver1599 dingle1611 shiver1693 tremulate1764 thrill1800 tremefy1832 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. K3^v Either Scipion..To whom the ruin'd walls of Carthage vow'd, Trembling their forces, sound their praises lowd. 1652 W. Durham Maran-atha 11 It was much that a prisoner should so soon tremble his Judge. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V xxv, in Poems (1878) IV. 107 The Palsey of the common Earth, Trembles my Quill. 1746 W. Tans'ur New Musical Gram. 23 A Shake, or Trilloe,..is to shake, tremble, or warble your Voice, or Instrument. 1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 25 Thou art as a dove Trembling its closed eyes. 1850 E. B. Browning Woman's Shortcomings ii She trembles her fan. 5. intransitive. To pass tremulously. Chiefly poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > with vibration whirra1400 hotterc1650 tremble1730 vibrate1756 flick1853 quaver1943 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 133 Soon as the morning trembles o'er the sky, And, unperceiv'd, unfolds the spreading day. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Effusion xxxv in Poems Var. Subj. 99 Organic Harps..That tremble into thought. a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 413 With a snail-like progress..we trembled through this part of our way. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Talking Oak xli, in Poems (new ed.) II. 74 A teardrop trembled from its source. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 295 On the dial of time the shadow has not yet trembled over the line that marks the beginning of the first century. 6. transitive. tremble out: To utter tremulously or falteringly. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > in a tremulous voice quaver1773 tremble out1868 1868 A. I. Menken Infelicia 35 And trembling out prayers, and waiting to die. Derivatives ˈtrembled adj. made to tremble. ΚΠ 1820 J. Keats Ode to Psyche in Lamia & Other Poems 117 The whisp'ring roof Of leaves and trembled blossoms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1610adj.1568v.1303
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