Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vibrating"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vibrating
adj : moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down; "the
vibrating piano strings" [syn: {vibratory}]
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