Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TREM'BLE, v.i. [Fr. trembler; L. tremo; Gr. τρεμω; It. tremare; Sp. tremer.]

1. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder. Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke. Dryden.
2. To shake; to quiver; to totter. Sinai's gray top shall tremble. Milton.
3. To quaver; to shake, as sound; as when we say the voice trembles.