impf & ·p.p. of vibrate.
2. vibrate ·vt to affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
3. vibrate ·vt to mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds.
4. vibrate ·vi to produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear.
5. vibrate ·vt to brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.
6. vibrate ·vi to pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions.
7. vibrate ·vi 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.
8. vibrate ·vi 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.