v. Obs.0 [f. L. strepitāt-, ppl. stem of strepitāre to make a repeated noise, frequentative of strepĕre to make a noise: see -ATE.]

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  trans. (See quot.)

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Strepitate,… to make a noise often, to make a great noise, to rusle.

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