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Quake \Quake\, v. t. [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See
{Quake}, v. t.]
To cause to quake. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Quake \Quake\, n.
A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder;
a quivering.
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Quake \Quake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Quaking}.] [AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. {Quagmire}.]
1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually
repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to
tremble. "Quaking for dread." --Chaucer.
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She stood quaking like the partridge on which the
hawk is ready to seize. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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2. 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." --Macaulay.
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