| Trepidation (trepidation) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Trep`i*da"tion |
| [F.
trépidation, L. trepidatio, fr. trepidare to
hurry with alarm, to tremble, from trepidus agitated, disturbed,
alarmed; cf. trepit he turns, Gr. (?) to turn, E. torture.] |
An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of
paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking;
quivering.
Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear;
confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation.
A libration of the starry
sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to
account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of
the stars.
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