QUAKE, verb intransitive 1. To shake; to tremble; to be agitated with quick but short motions continually repeated; to shudder. Thus we say, a person quakes with fear or terror, or with cold. Hebrews 12:21. 2. To shake with violent convulsions, as well as with trembling; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake Nahum 1:5. 3. To shake, tremble or move, as the earth under the feet; as the quaking mud. QUAKE, verb transitive To frighten; to throw into agitation. [Not used.] QUAKE, noun A shake; a trembling; a shudder; a tremulous agitation.
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