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noun

Quake n.

A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.

An earthquake.

Synonyms: earthquake; tremor; temblor.

verb

Quake v. t. To cause to quake. (Obs.)

Quake v. i. (past & past part. quaked; pres. part. quaking)

To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. "Quaking for dread." "She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize."

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. " Over quaking bogs."

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Etymology of 'Quake'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Quake" Quotes from Famous Books

... disquieting character on the general level of profits, and to a lesser extent (for here we must allow for the effects of high taxation) on the distribution of real wealth between social classes. Here we are on the threshold of tremendous issues. We almost feel the earth quake beneath our feet. We hear the muffled roar ...

— Supply and Demand • Hubert D. Henderson

... and Ea have thee raised To rank supreme, in majesty and pow'r, They have established thee above the gods And all the host of heaven... O stately queen, At thought of thee the world is filled with fear, The gods in heaven quake, and on the earth All spirits pause, and all mankind bow down With reverence for ...

— Myths of Babylonia and Assyria • Donald A. Mackenzie

... worryings of the fiercest beast would have been more natural, and infinitely more welcome, that what you have acted by me; and that with a premeditation and contrivance worthy only of that single heart which now, base as well as ungrateful as thou art, seems to quake within thee.—And well may'st thou quake; well may'st thou tremble, and falter, and hesitate, as thou dost, when thou reflectest upon what I have suffered for thy sake, and upon the ...

— Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) - The History Of A Young Lady • Samuel Richardson

... there Where bodies of matter, by some force stirred up, Through vitals and through joints, within their seats Quiver and quake inside, but soft delight, When they remove unto their place again: 'Tis thine to know the primal germs can be Assaulted by no pain, nor from themselves Take no delight; because indeed they are Not made of any bodies of first things, Under whose strange new motions they ...

— Of The Nature of Things • [Titus Lucretius Carus] Lucretius

... the downy, But your soul doth quake, At most fearful night-mares— Turkey, oysters, cake. While each leaden horror That your rest appalls, Cries, "Dear heart! how pleasant; Making ...

— Point Lace and Diamonds • George A. Baker, Jr.

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