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Webster 1913 Edition

Vibrate

Vi′brate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Vibrated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Vibrating
.]
[L.
vibratus
, p. p. of
vibrare
, v. t. & v. i., to shake, brandish, vibrate; akin to Skr.
vip
to tremble, Icel.
veifa
to wave, vibrate. See
Waive
and cf.
Whip
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing;
as, to
vibrate
a sword or a staff
.
2.
To mark or measure by moving to and fro;
as, a pendulum
vibrating
seconds
.
3.
To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
Breath vocalized, that is,
vibrated
or undulated, may . . . impress a swift, tremulous motion.
Holder.
Star to star
vibrates
light.
Tennyson.

Vi′brate

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from its position of rest; to swing; to oscillate.
2.
To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver.
3.
To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound;
as, a whisper
vibrates
on the ear
.
Pope.
4.
To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate;
as, a man
vibrates
between two opinions
.

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