n. [ F. trépidation, L. trepidatio, fr. trepidare to hurry with alarm, to tremble, from trepidus agitated, disturbed, alarmed; cf. trepit he turns, Gr. &unr_; to turn, E. torture. ] 1. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Anc. Astron.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
[おぞけだつ(怖気立つ;おぞけ立つ);おじけだつ(怖気立つ;怖じ気立つ);こわけたつ(怖気立つ), ozokedatsu ( fu ki tatsu ; ozoke tatsu ); ojikedatsu ( fu ki tatsu ; oji ki tatsu )] (v5t, vi) to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation; to shake with fright; to yield to terror [Add to Longdo]
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