01 v. i. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.
imp. & p. p.
Quaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Quaking
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1.
To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.“She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize.” — Sir P. Sidney.
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To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake.