"trepidate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: trepidates [present, singular, third-person], trepidating [participle, present], trepidated [participle, past], trepidated [past]
Etymology: Either back-formed from, or otherwise related to, trepidation. Head templates: {{en-verb}} trepidate (third-person singular simple present trepidates, present participle trepidating, simple past and past participle trepidated)
  1. (uncommon, transitive) To cause to experience trepidation. Tags: transitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-trepidate-en-verb-msMkqu8w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. (uncommon, intransitive) To experience trepidation. Tags: intransitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-trepidate-en-verb-yroEMeeq

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1878, a Memphis newspaper, quoted in 2015, John H. Ellis, Yellow Fever and Public Health in the New South, University Press of Kentucky, page 51",
          "text": "[…] “A little trepidated, if not consternated, they lifted him from his close confinement and put him to bed.”"
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