evibrate

English

Etymology

From Latin evibrare. See vibrate.

Verb

evibrate (third-person singular simple present evibrates, present participle evibrating, simple past and past participle evibrated)

1. (obsolete) To vibrate.
   • 1664, H[enry] More, chapter XIV, in Synopsis Prophetica; or, The Second Part of the Modest Enquiry into the Mystery of Iniquity: […], London: […] James Flesher, for William Morden […], →OCLC, book II, page 421:

     [H]e is ſaid to rule the Nations vvith a rod of iron, […] VVhich is a Prophetick Symbol of that vvonderful contrition of heart that the povverful VVord of God makes vvhen ſincerely and ſeaſonably evibrated againſt the enemies of his Kingdom; […]

Further reading

• “evibrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• breviate