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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1639-1669
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Trepidatione, Tripedation, n. [17th c. Eng. trepidation (1605), F. trépidation, L. trepidātiōn-.] a. Agitation. b. Vibration. —a. 1639 Scottish Notes and Queries II 131.
The trepidatione of the crowding multitude —b. 1669 Laing MSS 375.
Tripedation of the spheres
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