# vibrate
## English
### Etymology

From Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“agitate, set in tremulous motion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”) or *weyb-.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /vaɪˈbɹeɪt/
* (US) IPA: /ˈvaɪ.bɹeɪt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* 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.
** 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Coronation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 5:When "God save the King!" resounded meow meow through the stately abbey, the banners vibrating with the mighty music, I felt quite enthusiastic in my loyalty.
** 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 706:The tender roared along vibrating vigorously; braking had resulted in "flats" on most of its tyres.
* (intransitive) To resonate.
    Her mind was vibrating with excitement.
* (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.
** 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC:Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated or undulated, may […] impress a swift, tremulous motion.
** 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 81:Star to star vibrates light: may soul to soul / Strike thro' a finer element of her own?
* (transitive, slang, dated) To please or impress someone.
** 1949, Ladies' Home Journal, volume 66, page 115:And if he wants to give you high praise, he'll answer, "That vibrates me"; "That has a large charge"; or "That's oogley."
** 1961, Congressional Record:[…] standing side by side under a Grecian column, tapping their feet in unison and saying such things as "Hot-diggety,” “Razz-ma-tazz," “That vibrates me," and other expressions of praise current in their youth.
* (intransitive, music) To use vibrato.
* (transitive, slang) To pleasure someone using a vibrator.
** 1999 March 27, PeterW, “Jack with Jill”, in alt.jokes.limericks‎ (Usenet):Downstairs in the living-room Jill Was vibrating herself for a thrill.

#### Related terms

* vibrant
* vibratile
* vibration
* vibratiuncle
* vibrative
* vibrato
* vibrator

#### 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
    Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.

#### 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