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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 1.6 [wn]:
vibrating
adj : moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down "the
vibrating piano strings" [syn: {vibratory}]
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