Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Shudder
shrunkenshun (shunned, shunning, -s)
shudder, v. [ME 'to shake'.]
- Tremble with fear; shiver with abhorrence; tingle with horror; shake with dread.
- Move; waver; stir; [fig.] rotate; change incrementally; wax and wane; [possibly a noun] movement; growth in stages.
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