vibrate

== English == === Etymology === The adjective (then also used as a participle) is first attested in 1420, in Middle English, the verb in 1620; partly from Middle English vibrat(e) (“reverberant”), partly directly borrowed from Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“to agitate, set in tremulous motion”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”) or *weyb-. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /vaɪˈbɹeɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ.bɹeɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt === Verb === vibrate (third-person singular simple present vibrates, present participle vibrating, simple past and past participle vibrated) (intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro. (intransitive) To resonate. (transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro. to vibrate a sword or a staff (transitive) To mark or measure by moving to and fro. a pendulum vibrating seconds (transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration. (transitive, slang, dated) To please or impress someone. (intransitive, music) To use vibrato. (transitive, slang) To pleasure someone using a vibrator. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === vibrate (uncountable) The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms. Synonym: vibrate mode ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === vibrate (comparative more vibrate, superlative most vibrate) (rare) Vibrating with (something). ==== Further reading ==== “vibrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “vibrate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === vrbaite == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== vibrate inflection of vibrare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== vibrate f pl feminine plural of vibrato === Anagrams === brevità, trabevi, verbita == Latin == === Verb === vibrāte second-person plural present active imperative of vibrō == Spanish == === Verb === vibrate second-person singular voseo imperative of vibrar combined with te