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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shudder \Shud"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shuddered};p. pr & vb
n. {Shuddering}.] [OE. shoderen schuderen akin to LG
schuddern D. schudden to shake, OS skuddian G. schaudern
to shudder, sch["u]tteln to shake, sch["u]tten to pour, to
shed, OHG. scutten, scuten, to shake.]
To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver
with cold; to quake. ``With shuddering horror pale.''
--Milton.
The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone. --Goldsmith.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
shuddering
adj : shaking convulsively or violently
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