Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vibrate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vibrate \Vi"brate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vibrate}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Vibrating}.] [L. vibratus, p. p. of vibrare, v. t. & v.
i., to snake, brandish, vibrate; akin to Skr. vip to tremble,
Icel. veifa to wave, vibrate. See {Waive} and cf. {Whip}, v.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vibrate \Vi"brate\, v. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vibrate
v 1: shake, quiver, or throb; move mack and forth rapidly,
usually in an uncontrolled manner
2: move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on
the meter was oscillating" [syn: {oscillate}]
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