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... silentium, sed verba sua praepediens et pavoris manifestus, ceterisque...

With an infinitive, the verb can mean "prevent," as in Annals 2.73, “etiamsi praepeditus sit perculsas tot victoriis Germanias servitio premere, "even if, although prevented from pressing into servitude the Germans crushed/beaten down ("perculsas") by so many victories (referring to Germanicus)."