trepidate, v. rare.
(ˈtrɛpɪdeɪt)
[f. ppl. stem of L. trepidāre to hurry, bustle, be agitated or alarmed. Cf. OF. trepider (14th c. in Godef.).]
intr. To tremble with fear or agitation; also simply, † To shake, be agitated (obs.).
| 1623 Cockeram, Trepidate, to tremble for feare. 1653 R. G. tr. Bacon's Hist. Winds 364 Let the eighteenth Motion be the Motion of Trepidation, to which (as is understood by Astronomers) we give no great credit... In which bodies being not altogether well placed..doe trepidate or agitate continually. a 1774 Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 126 Vanity..insinuates among our pores,..trepidates through the nerves,..and runs throughout the whole constitution. 1854 Fraser's Mag. L. 355 A thing which causes our mind to trepidate with quaking fear. |
Hence ˈtrepidating ppl. a.
| a 1774 Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 620 A calm and steady alertness..never anxious nor trepidating. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid's Met. 202 The flush of pain And panting breath, and trepidating vein. |