TREPIDATE

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ETYMOLOGY
from ppl. stem of Latin trepidāre to hurry, bustle, be agitated or alarmed. Cf. OF. trepider (14th c. in Godef.)

EXAMPLE
From: Narrative of the Proceedings of the Judicatories 
of the Reformed Church in North America
Relative to the Reverend David Graham, 1811
Letter IV. Mr. Graham's Defence