Trepidation

trep-T-da's hun, n. An involuntary trem- bling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear a state of terror tremor agitation: emotion; fear. [F. L. trepidatio, trepiriare. to tremble, trepid us, trembling, agitated, OL. irepere, Gr. trepein, to turn L. torquere = E. to torture, also E. intrepid.] Trespa , tres'pas, r. [-pa ed (-past), -pa ing.] To pa unlawfully over the boundary line of another's land to go" too far, intrude to commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any known rule of duty. — n. Any injury or offense done to another any voluntary transgre ion of the moral law any violation of a known rule of duty. (Law.) An unlawful act committed with force and violence on the person, property, or relative rights of another an action for injuries accompanied with force. [OF. trespas, a crime, a step beyond or acro , f L. trans, acro , over, and pa us, step.] — Tre pa er, n. One who commits a trespa ; a transgre or of the moral law a sinner. Tre . See under Triad.