Oscillate

os's il-lat, v. To move backward and for- ward, vibrate, swing, sway. [L. oscillare, -latum, fr. oscillum, a swing, perh. same word as oscillum, a puppet, dim. of osadum, dim. of os see Osculate, under Oral.]— Osci'lla'tion, n. Vibration. — Os''- cillatory, -to-rt, a. Moving like a pendulum. Oscitate, Osculate, etc. See under Oral.