vibratev.

Brit.

/vʌɪˈbreɪt/,

/ˈvʌɪbreɪt/, U.S.

/ˈvaɪˌbreɪt/

Etymology: < Latin vibrāt-, participial stem of vibrāre to move rapidly to and fro, to brandish, shake, etc. So French vibrer, Spanish vibrar, Portuguese vibrar, Italian vibrare.

I. To move or swing backwards and forwards; to oscillate.

†1. intransitive. Of persons: to move to and fro in a fight or struggle. Obsolete. rare.

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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > move to and fro in fighting

traversea1470

trace and rase1470

trace and traverse1470

vibrate1616

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale ix. 177 Pusshinge, repusshinge, vibratinge agen, as valient mortal and immortal men.

2. Of a pendulum, etc.: to swing to and fro; to oscillate.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (intransitive)] > swing

totterc1200

swing1545

vibrate1667

pendulate1698

swingle1755

pendulum1885

to play pendulum1893

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (transitive)] > swing > so many times (of pendulum)

vibrate1667

1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 440 A Pendulum..three foot, three inches..between the middle of the Bullet and the upper end of the Thread, where it is fastned..when it vibrates.

1698 J. Keill Exam. Theory Earth (1734) 265 At Cayenne in America,..it is observ'd, that a Pendulum Vibrating in a second is shorter [etc.].

1698 J. Keill Exam. Theory Earth (1734) 279 The Gravity where the swiftest Pendulum Vibrates.

1732 S. Clarke Being & Attrib. God (ed. 8) 26 Pendulums, which (being of equal Lengths and unequal Gravities) vibrate in equal Times.

1827 N. Arnott Elements Physics I. 96 Long pendulums vibrate more slowly than short ones.

1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. ii. 33 To ascertain that they [i.e. balances] really are in adjustment..; and that after vibrating freely they take a horizontal position.

1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 718/1 The double complex pendulum, when it vibrates in one plane.

a. Of sounds: to strike on, sound in, the ear, etc., with an effect like that of a vibrating chord; to resound; to continue to be heard. Chiefly poetic.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (intransitive)] > vibrate

vibrate1734

1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 346 The Whisper that to Greatness still too near, Perhaps, yet vibrates on his Sovereign's Ear.

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Third 10 Her Song still vibrates in my ravisht Ear.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 6 The touching accents of her voice still vibrating on his heart.

1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. xvi. 26 He hears The clang of tumult vibrate on his ears.

1821 P. B. Shelley Music, when Soft Voices Die 2 Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory.

1910 J. MacIntosh Poets of Ayrshire 46 The sound of the anvil had ceased to vibrate in the streets.

b. To circulate about, move or pass through, pierce or penetrate to, by or as by vibration.

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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > with vibration

whirra1400

hotterc1650

tremble1730

vibrate1756

flick1853

quaver1943

society > communication > information > news or tidings > bring (news) [verb (transitive)] > tell or spread as news

news1650

vibrate1756

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)]

evibrate1583

vibrate1756

shimmy1925

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > through > by vibration

vibrate1756

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)]

rineOE

takec1300

concern1446

redound1460

work1487

touch1491

solicit1601

salutea1616

enact1616

affect1630

reach1637

attinge1640

act1655

influence1661

irradiate1668

vibrate1845

involve1847

inwork1855

to cut ice (with someone)1894

dent1931

impact1935

to make (also put) a dent in1942

1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans IV. 167 This strange news had vibrated about the town.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 12 Those powers that..Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame.

1787 A. Seward Let. 6 Oct. (1811) I. 336 Surely the finest sensibilities must vibrate through his frame, since they breathe so sweetly through his song.

1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. iv. 211 The consequences of the ambition of the French Emperor thus vibrated to the heart of Asia.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xx. 250 The voice..had vibrated through her more than once before.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. Notes 276 The puppet-play echoed and vibrated in many tones through my mind.

a. To move or swing backwards and forwards, or upwards and downwards, with some degree of rapidity; to quiver, shake, or tremble.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver

shiverc1250

tremble1303

lillec1400

tryllec1400

quaver?a1439

didderc1440

dadderc1450

whitherc1450

bever1470

dindle1470

brawl1489

quiver1490

quitter1513

flichter1528

warble1549

palsy1582

quoba1586

twitter1629

dither1649

verberate1652

quibble1721

dandera1724

tremulate1749

vibrate1757

dingle1787

nidge1803

tirl1825

reel1847

shudder1849

tremor1921

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §9. 132 The whole capacity of the eye, vibrating in all its parts must approach near to the nature of what causes pain.

1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 345 The heart continued the whole time to vibrate..about thirty times in a minute.

1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) iii. 91 A variety of palm trees vibrating in the breeze.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxix. 250 The timbers..vibrated so as to communicate to you the peculiar tremor of a cotton-factory.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 358 The burning heat..making the whole desolate, hideous scene vibrate before your eyes as you can see things vibrating through the hot air over a line of gas jets.

b. spec. in Physics (see vibration n. 3).

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1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 163 If we strike a bell, or a stretched string, for instance,..a single blow produces a sound..which is multiplied as often as it happens to undulate, or vibrate.

1812 J. Playfair Outl. Nat. Philos. I. 275 A musical string may vibrate, but if it is touched by a bit of cloth, or any soft body, no sound is heard.

1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic viii. 180 If this string is taken by the middle and pulled aside, or if it is suddenly struck, it will vibrate between its two fixed points.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. xiv. 384 When a hammer strikes a bell, the latter vibrates.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost i. 25 You know that if you strike a note of music, all the octave notes will vibrate.

c. transferred and figurative.

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1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iii. 40 When Nero..felt A new created sense within his soul Thrill to the sight, and vibrate to the sound.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xl. 272 Nerve and bone of that poor man's body vibrated to those words.

1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter i. 46 A hidden pang or gust of wrath has vibrated behind that placid countenance.

1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner xxix. 306 The sight of him, the sound of his voice, stirred something within her that vibrated for hours.

5. figurative. To move or oscillate between (or betwixt) two extreme conditions, opinions, etc.; to fluctuate or vary from one extreme to another. Also without const.: To vacillate in opinion.

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the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)] > fluctuate or vary

varyc1369

diversify1481

waver1490

to ring (the) changes1614

fluctuate1655

windmill1694

range1750

vibrate1782

vacillate1835

scale1974

1782 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (ed. 2) II. 107 A person who is less conversant in these things would feel his mind, as it were, vibrate between both [gains and losses].

1798 J. Grant & W. Leslie Surv. Province Moray iii. 279 The number of scholars vibrates from 20 to 90.

1818 A. Ranken Hist. France V. v. 403 The marc of silver..vibrated betwixt 5 livres and 20 or 30 livres.

1862 F. D. Maurice Mod. Philos. viii. §33. 466 The third escape is to vibrate between these two opposite statements.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ix. §1. 589 The life of a man of fashion vibrated between frivolity and excess.

1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome lxxi. 582 While his susceptible imagination was in this state of fusion, his rival..was vibrating furiously from one side to the other.

II. To cause to move in a swinging or vibratory motion, and related uses.

†6. transitive. To brandish or flourish (a sword). Obsolete. rare. (Cf. vibrant adj. 2.)

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > (draw and) brandish

quetcheOE

swackc1425

vibrate1634

flash1801

outflourish1871

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 188 They..shake and vibrate their Swords vpon their Shields.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 207 In this their Extasie..the boyes..vibrate a readie sword against the beholders.

a. To throw with vibratory motion; to launch or hurl (a thunderbolt, sentence, etc.). Now Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > a missile or projectile > with vibration

vibrate1641

1641 S. Marshall et al. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. (1653) ix. 39 Excommunication..was never vibrated but by the hand of those that laboured in the Word and Doctrine.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness To Rdr. ¶22. p. xxi Such a Bishop as I have hitherto described.., that..vibrates that sacred thunder and lightning, the truely-dreadfull sentence of Excommunication.

1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 555 Though I must confess that this is very stoutly and smartly vibrated, as a dart from a strong and agil arm.

1837 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in J. Ablett Lit. Hours 142 Many vibrate sharp communications from the embrasures of portentously slit sleeves.

1840 T. De Quincey Style: No. III in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 517/1 That orator [i.e. Pericles] of whom (amongst so many that vibrated thunderbolts) it was said peculiarly that he thundered and lightened.

b. To emit, give forth, send out (light, sound, etc.) by, or as by, vibration or vibratory motion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] > emit by vibration

vibratea1648

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > by vibration

exagitate1642

vibratea1648

shiver1821

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 27 A foyle..whereby it [i.e. a diamond] may the better transmitt and vibrate its native lustre and Rayes.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 218 I have seen the Dog-starr to vibrate so strong and bright a radiation of light.

1788 Encycl. Brit. I. 81/2 As to the frequency with which they [sc. chords] vibrate the deepest tones.

1810 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 29 418 O chear, Editha, and allow thy bosom To vibrate sympathy.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 81 Star to star vibrates light.

1874 Contemp. Rev. 24 421 Any number of strings that are in unison will vibrate an answer to one of themselves when struck.

8. Of a pendulum, etc.: to measure (seconds) by vibration; also, to swing (so many times).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [verb (transitive)] > measure by vibration (of a pendulum)

vibrate1667

1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 440 A Pendulum, vibrating Seconds,..must be three foot, three inches, and one fifth of an inch long.

1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 441 A Pendulum, held in the hand, vibrating 58 single strokes in a Minute.

1705 W. Derham in Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1785 The Movements..were an Eight day Clock vibrating seconds, and an Half-seconds Movement of mine.

1760 in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper App. ii. 130 A pendulum..which..will vibrate seconds in a true and regular manner.

1803 J. Wood Princ. Mech. (ed. 3) viii. 173 A pendulum which vibrates seconds in very small arcs.

1871 C. Davies Metric Syst. ii. 22 The length of a pendulum which should vibrate seconds at a given point on the earth's surface.

a. To give a vibratory motion to (something); to cause to move to and fro or up and down, esp. with a quick motion; to put in vibration.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)]

vibratea1684

jar1790

mirr1866

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1657 (1955) III. 200 Two Virginian rattle-snakes..swiftly vibrating & shaking theire tailes.

1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) vi. 107 With skill she vibrates her eternal tongue, For ever most divinely in the wrong.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 221 Their tails terminate with a hard horny spur, which they vibrate very quick when disturbed.

1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis vii. 145 Though I vibrated my pendulous lips with excessive rotundity.

1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 115 Bars, which, when to be vibrated by the action of heat, are made of brass.

a1887 C. C. Abbott Naturalist's Rambles 303 The last spotted adder..vibrated the tail in a very marked manner.

b. figurative or in figurative context.

ΚΠ

1815 J. Keats Ode to Apollo v Each vibrates the string That with its tyrant temper best accords.

1875 J. R. Lowell Wordsworth in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 365 He saw man such as he can only be when he is vibrated by the orgasm of a national emotion.

1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 165 The ‘Muiopotmos’ pleases us all the more that it vibrates in us a string of classical association.

c. reflexive. To bring into a certain state by or after vibration. rare.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (reflexive)]

vibrate1845

1845 E. A. Poe Colloquy of Monos & Una in Tales 108 That feeble thrill had vibrated itself into quiescence.

Derivatives

vibrating n.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > swinging or oscillation of suspended body

babbling1440

swing1589

vibration1668

swinging1669

vibrating1743

1743 W. Emerson Doctr. Fluxions 303 To find the Time of a Pendulum's vibrating in the Arch of a Cycloid.

1882 A. Bain James Mill iii. 133 There was a clear walk, which was his principal place for ‘vibrating’, as he [Bentham] called his indoor exercise.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vibrate
释义	vibrateadj. Brit. /ˈvʌɪbreɪt/, U.S. /ˈvaɪˌbreɪt/ Etymology: < Latin vibrātus, past participle of vibrāre : see vibrate v. rare. †a. As past participle: vibrated (cf. vibrate v. 7b). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [adjective] > vibrated vibratec1420 vibrated1669 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > emitting > emitted by vibration vibratec1420 c1420 J. Lydgate Ballad Commend. Our Lady 115 O fyry Tytan, persing with thy bemes, Whos vertuous bryghtnesse was in thi brest vibrat. b. Vibrating with something. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] > vibrant shivering1669 tremulous1794 throbbing1847 vibrant1848 vibrate1849 vibrating1849 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [adjective] > vibrating > with something vibrate1849 vibrant1867 1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 9 The sightless belfry clock..had..rung, vibrate with triumph. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). vibratev. Brit. /vʌɪˈbreɪt/, /ˈvʌɪbreɪt/, U.S. /ˈvaɪˌbreɪt/ Etymology: < Latin vibrāt-, participial stem of vibrāre to move rapidly to and fro, to brandish, shake, etc. So French vibrer, Spanish vibrar, Portuguese vibrar, Italian vibrare. I. To move or swing backwards and forwards; to oscillate. †1. intransitive. Of persons: to move to and fro in a fight or struggle. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > move to and fro in fighting traversea1470 trace and rase1470 trace and traverse1470 vibrate1616 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale ix. 177 Pusshinge, repusshinge, vibratinge agen, as valient mortal and immortal men. 2. Of a pendulum, etc.: to swing to and fro; to oscillate. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (intransitive)] > swing totterc1200 swing1545 vibrate1667 pendulate1698 swingle1755 pendulum1885 to play pendulum1893 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (transitive)] > swing > so many times (of pendulum) vibrate1667 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 440 A Pendulum..three foot, three inches..between the middle of the Bullet and the upper end of the Thread, where it is fastned..when it vibrates. 1698 J. Keill Exam. Theory Earth (1734) 265 At Cayenne in America,..it is observ'd, that a Pendulum Vibrating in a second is shorter [etc.]. 1698 J. Keill Exam. Theory Earth (1734) 279 The Gravity where the swiftest Pendulum Vibrates. 1732 S. Clarke Being & Attrib. God (ed. 8) 26 Pendulums, which (being of equal Lengths and unequal Gravities) vibrate in equal Times. 1827 N. Arnott Elements Physics I. 96 Long pendulums vibrate more slowly than short ones. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. ii. 33 To ascertain that they [i.e. balances] really are in adjustment..; and that after vibrating freely they take a horizontal position. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 718/1 The double complex pendulum, when it vibrates in one plane. 3. a. Of sounds: to strike on, sound in, the ear, etc., with an effect like that of a vibrating chord; to resound; to continue to be heard. Chiefly poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (intransitive)] > vibrate vibrate1734 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 346 The Whisper that to Greatness still too near, Perhaps, yet vibrates on his Sovereign's Ear. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Third 10 Her Song still vibrates in my ravisht Ear. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 6 The touching accents of her voice still vibrating on his heart. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. xvi. 26 He hears The clang of tumult vibrate on his ears. 1821 P. B. Shelley Music, when Soft Voices Die 2 Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory. 1910 J. MacIntosh Poets of Ayrshire 46 The sound of the anvil had ceased to vibrate in the streets. b. To circulate about, move or pass through, pierce or penetrate to, by or as by vibration. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > with vibration whirra1400 hotterc1650 tremble1730 vibrate1756 flick1853 quaver1943 society > communication > information > news or tidings > bring (news) [verb (transitive)] > tell or spread as news news1650 vibrate1756 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] evibrate1583 vibrate1756 shimmy1925 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > through > by vibration vibrate1756 the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] rineOE takec1300 concern1446 redound1460 work1487 touch1491 solicit1601 salutea1616 enact1616 affect1630 reach1637 attinge1640 act1655 influence1661 irradiate1668 vibrate1845 involve1847 inwork1855 to cut ice (with someone)1894 dent1931 impact1935 to make (also put) a dent in1942 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans IV. 167 This strange news had vibrated about the town. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 12 Those powers that..Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame. 1787 A. Seward Let. 6 Oct. (1811) I. 336 Surely the finest sensibilities must vibrate through his frame, since they breathe so sweetly through his song. 1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. iv. 211 The consequences of the ambition of the French Emperor thus vibrated to the heart of Asia. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xx. 250 The voice..had vibrated through her more than once before. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. Notes 276 The puppet-play echoed and vibrated in many tones through my mind. 4. a. To move or swing backwards and forwards, or upwards and downwards, with some degree of rapidity; to quiver, shake, or tremble. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver shiverc1250 tremble1303 lillec1400 tryllec1400 quaver?a1439 didderc1440 dadderc1450 whitherc1450 bever1470 dindle1470 brawl1489 quiver1490 quitter1513 flichter1528 warble1549 palsy1582 quoba1586 twitter1629 dither1649 verberate1652 quibble1721 dandera1724 tremulate1749 vibrate1757 dingle1787 nidge1803 tirl1825 reel1847 shudder1849 tremor1921 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §9. 132 The whole capacity of the eye, vibrating in all its parts must approach near to the nature of what causes pain. 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 345 The heart continued the whole time to vibrate..about thirty times in a minute. 1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) iii. 91 A variety of palm trees vibrating in the breeze. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxix. 250 The timbers..vibrated so as to communicate to you the peculiar tremor of a cotton-factory. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 358 The burning heat..making the whole desolate, hideous scene vibrate before your eyes as you can see things vibrating through the hot air over a line of gas jets. b. spec. in Physics (see vibration n. 3). ΚΠ 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 163 If we strike a bell, or a stretched string, for instance,..a single blow produces a sound..which is multiplied as often as it happens to undulate, or vibrate. 1812 J. Playfair Outl. Nat. Philos. I. 275 A musical string may vibrate, but if it is touched by a bit of cloth, or any soft body, no sound is heard. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic viii. 180 If this string is taken by the middle and pulled aside, or if it is suddenly struck, it will vibrate between its two fixed points. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. xiv. 384 When a hammer strikes a bell, the latter vibrates. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost i. 25 You know that if you strike a note of music, all the octave notes will vibrate. c. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iii. 40 When Nero..felt A new created sense within his soul Thrill to the sight, and vibrate to the sound. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xl. 272 Nerve and bone of that poor man's body vibrated to those words. 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter i. 46 A hidden pang or gust of wrath has vibrated behind that placid countenance. 1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner xxix. 306 The sight of him, the sound of his voice, stirred something within her that vibrated for hours. 5. figurative. To move or oscillate between (or betwixt) two extreme conditions, opinions, etc.; to fluctuate or vary from one extreme to another. Also without const.: To vacillate in opinion. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)] > fluctuate or vary varyc1369 diversify1481 waver1490 to ring (the) changes1614 fluctuate1655 windmill1694 range1750 vibrate1782 vacillate1835 scale1974 1782 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (ed. 2) II. 107 A person who is less conversant in these things would feel his mind, as it were, vibrate between both [gains and losses]. 1798 J. Grant & W. Leslie Surv. Province Moray iii. 279 The number of scholars vibrates from 20 to 90. 1818 A. Ranken Hist. France V. v. 403 The marc of silver..vibrated betwixt 5 livres and 20 or 30 livres. 1862 F. D. Maurice Mod. Philos. viii. §33. 466 The third escape is to vibrate between these two opposite statements. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ix. §1. 589 The life of a man of fashion vibrated between frivolity and excess. 1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome lxxi. 582 While his susceptible imagination was in this state of fusion, his rival..was vibrating furiously from one side to the other. II. To cause to move in a swinging or vibratory motion, and related uses. †6. transitive. To brandish or flourish (a sword). Obsolete. rare. (Cf. vibrant adj. 2.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > (draw and) brandish quetcheOE swackc1425 vibrate1634 flash1801 outflourish1871 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 188 They..shake and vibrate their Swords vpon their Shields. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 207 In this their Extasie..the boyes..vibrate a readie sword against the beholders. 7. a. To throw with vibratory motion; to launch or hurl (a thunderbolt, sentence, etc.). Now Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > a missile or projectile > with vibration vibrate1641 1641 S. Marshall et al. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. (1653) ix. 39 Excommunication..was never vibrated but by the hand of those that laboured in the Word and Doctrine. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness To Rdr. ¶22. p. xxi Such a Bishop as I have hitherto described.., that..vibrates that sacred thunder and lightning, the truely-dreadfull sentence of Excommunication. 1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 555 Though I must confess that this is very stoutly and smartly vibrated, as a dart from a strong and agil arm. 1837 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in J. Ablett Lit. Hours 142 Many vibrate sharp communications from the embrasures of portentously slit sleeves. 1840 T. De Quincey Style: No. III in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 517/1 That orator [i.e. Pericles] of whom (amongst so many that vibrated thunderbolts) it was said peculiarly that he thundered and lightened. b. To emit, give forth, send out (light, sound, etc.) by, or as by, vibration or vibratory motion. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] > emit by vibration vibratea1648 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > by vibration exagitate1642 vibratea1648 shiver1821 a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 27 A foyle..whereby it [i.e. a diamond] may the better transmitt and vibrate its native lustre and Rayes. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 218 I have seen the Dog-starr to vibrate so strong and bright a radiation of light. 1788 Encycl. Brit. I. 81/2 As to the frequency with which they [sc. chords] vibrate the deepest tones. 1810 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 29 418 O chear, Editha, and allow thy bosom To vibrate sympathy. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 81 Star to star vibrates light. 1874 Contemp. Rev. 24 421 Any number of strings that are in unison will vibrate an answer to one of themselves when struck. 8. Of a pendulum, etc.: to measure (seconds) by vibration; also, to swing (so many times). ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [verb (transitive)] > measure by vibration (of a pendulum) vibrate1667 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 440 A Pendulum, vibrating Seconds,..must be three foot, three inches, and one fifth of an inch long. 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 441 A Pendulum, held in the hand, vibrating 58 single strokes in a Minute. 1705 W. Derham in Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1785 The Movements..were an Eight day Clock vibrating seconds, and an Half-seconds Movement of mine. 1760 in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper App. ii. 130 A pendulum..which..will vibrate seconds in a true and regular manner. 1803 J. Wood Princ. Mech. (ed. 3) viii. 173 A pendulum which vibrates seconds in very small arcs. 1871 C. Davies Metric Syst. ii. 22 The length of a pendulum which should vibrate seconds at a given point on the earth's surface. 9. a. To give a vibratory motion to (something); to cause to move to and fro or up and down, esp. with a quick motion; to put in vibration. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] vibratea1684 jar1790 mirr1866 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1657 (1955) III. 200 Two Virginian rattle-snakes..swiftly vibrating & shaking theire tailes. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) vi. 107 With skill she vibrates her eternal tongue, For ever most divinely in the wrong. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 221 Their tails terminate with a hard horny spur, which they vibrate very quick when disturbed. 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis vii. 145 Though I vibrated my pendulous lips with excessive rotundity. 1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 115 Bars, which, when to be vibrated by the action of heat, are made of brass. a1887 C. C. Abbott Naturalist's Rambles 303 The last spotted adder..vibrated the tail in a very marked manner. b. figurative or in figurative context. ΚΠ 1815 J. Keats Ode to Apollo v Each vibrates the string That with its tyrant temper best accords. 1875 J. R. Lowell Wordsworth in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 365 He saw man such as he can only be when he is vibrated by the orgasm of a national emotion. 1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 165 The ‘Muiopotmos’ pleases us all the more that it vibrates in us a string of classical association. c. reflexive. To bring into a certain state by or after vibration. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (reflexive)] vibrate1845 1845 E. A. Poe Colloquy of Monos & Una in Tales 108 That feeble thrill had vibrated itself into quiescence. Derivatives vibrating n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > swinging or oscillation of suspended body babbling1440 swing1589 vibration1668 swinging1669 vibrating1743 1743 W. Emerson Doctr. Fluxions 303 To find the Time of a Pendulum's vibrating in the Arch of a Cycloid. 1882 A. Bain James Mill iii. 133 There was a clear walk, which was his principal place for ‘vibrating’, as he [Bentham] called his indoor exercise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1420v.1616
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