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English Dictionary: Tremor by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tremor
n
  1. an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear) [syn: tremor, shudder]
  2. a small earthquake
    Synonym(s): tremor, earth tremor, microseism
  3. shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)
v
  1. shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking"
    Synonym(s): tremor, quake
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tremor \Tre"mor\, n. [L., from tremere to tremble. See
      {Tremble}, v.]
      A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory
      motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or
      old.
  
               He fell into an universal tremor of all his joints.
                                                                              --Harvey.
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