"tremulate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈtɹɛmjʊleɪt/ Forms: tremulates [present, singular, third-person], tremulating [participle, present], tremulated [participle, past], tremulated [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from tremulation. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*trem-}}, {{backform|en|tremulation}} Back-formation from tremulation Head templates: {{en-verb}} tremulate (third-person singular simple present tremulates, present participle tremulating, simple past and past participle tremulated), {{tlb|en|uncommon|technical}} (uncommon, technical)
  1. (intransitive) To tremble, quiver Tags: intransitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-tremulate-en-verb-mISKAldM Categories (other): English back-formations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 49 51 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technical
  2. (transitive) To cause to tremble, quiver Tags: transitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-tremulate-en-verb-U~L49xSe Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technical

Inflected forms

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