"trepidatory" meaning in English

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      "form": "most trepidatory",
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          "ref": "1953, Charles Egerton Osgood, Method and Theory in Experimental Psychology",
          "text": "Unfortunately, like Guthrie he has never given a formal statement of his principles, and it is therefore up to the reader to ferret out these things for himself — always a trepidatory procedure.",
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        {
          "ref": "2003, Laurence Gardner, Realm of the Ring Lords",
          "text": "This was all very good news for the Church bishops because the shapeshifting werewolf had a limited trepidatory function, especially in places like England where wolves were generally unknown, although some existed then to the north in Scotland.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2008, David Downing, Silesian Station",
          "text": "Russell took his usual chair and the usual trepidatory sip, and was pleasantly surprised.",
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        "That trepidates, or that causes trepidations."
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        {
          "ref": "1843, Captin Sir Edward Belcher RN, Narrative of a Voyage Round the World",
          "text": "This [earthquake] was felt at Mexico at precisely the same hour, lasting there about one minute and a half, the motion there being undulatory, but at Acapulco trepidatory.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1882, Knowledge, volume 1",
          "text": "The most severe shock lasted for 70 seconds, and combined oscillatory, trepidatory, and rotatory movement.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Elena Poniatowska, Aurora Camacho de Schmidt, Arthur Schmidt, Nothing, Nobody: The Voices of the Mexico City Earthquake",
          "text": "The particular trepidatory and oscillatory patterns arising from the lake bed especially afflicted high-rise buildings between six and fifteen stories.",
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        "Of an earthquake, having a vertical, up-and-down motion, as opposed to a horizontal, side-to-side motion."
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  "word": "trepidatory"
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      "form": "more trepidatory",
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      "form": "most trepidatory",
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          "ref": "1953, Charles Egerton Osgood, Method and Theory in Experimental Psychology",
          "text": "Unfortunately, like Guthrie he has never given a formal statement of his principles, and it is therefore up to the reader to ferret out these things for himself — always a trepidatory procedure.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Laurence Gardner, Realm of the Ring Lords",
          "text": "This was all very good news for the Church bishops because the shapeshifting werewolf had a limited trepidatory function, especially in places like England where wolves were generally unknown, although some existed then to the north in Scotland.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, David Downing, Silesian Station",
          "text": "Russell took his usual chair and the usual trepidatory sip, and was pleasantly surprised.",
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        }
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        "That trepidates, or that causes trepidations."
      ],
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          "ref": "1843, Captin Sir Edward Belcher RN, Narrative of a Voyage Round the World",
          "text": "This [earthquake] was felt at Mexico at precisely the same hour, lasting there about one minute and a half, the motion there being undulatory, but at Acapulco trepidatory.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1882, Knowledge, volume 1",
          "text": "The most severe shock lasted for 70 seconds, and combined oscillatory, trepidatory, and rotatory movement.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Elena Poniatowska, Aurora Camacho de Schmidt, Arthur Schmidt, Nothing, Nobody: The Voices of the Mexico City Earthquake",
          "text": "The particular trepidatory and oscillatory patterns arising from the lake bed especially afflicted high-rise buildings between six and fifteen stories.",
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