Vibrate

vi'brat, v. i. 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 have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compre ion and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to produce a vibratory effect; to pa from one state to another; to swing, oscillate, quiver, move rapidly to and fro, resound, sound, — v. t. To brandish, move to and fro, swing; to mark or measure by moving to and fro; to affect with vibratory motion; to oscillate, cause to quiver or move rapidly to and fro. — Vibralion, n. Act of vibrating, or state of being vibrated, or in a vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation. — Vibratory, -to-ri, a. Consisting in vibration or oscillation; vibrating; causing to vibrate.