ppl. a. [ad. L. vibrant-, vibrans, pres. pple. of vibrāre to VIBRATE. Cf. F. vibrant, Sp., Pg. and It. vibrante.]
† 1. a. Agitated with anger or emotion. Obs.–1
c. 1550. Rolland, Crt. Venus, I. 735. This is the case I haif to ȝow to mene, Quhilk in ane part to ȝow als dois pertene, As to my self, thocht I be mair vibrant.
† b. Moving or acting with rapidity or energy; stirring. Obs.–1
1616. Lane, Contn. Sqr.’s T., XI. 295. Next came a stowt couragious vibrant knight, larglie proportiond, and as large of might.
† 2. Her. Brandishing, flourishing. Obs.–1
1572. Bossewell, Armorie, II. 97 b. P. beareth Gules and Sable,… a Lyon rampaunt d’Or, vibrante a sworde d’Argente.
3. Moving or quivering rapidly; vibrating.
1616. Lane, Contn. Sqr.’s T., VI. 273. Theare, theare, three squares of vibrant pikes out glides. Ibid., VIII. 222. Till pikes, and pikes,… sidewise, and foreright, vibrant thrustes in strikes.
1762. Falconer, Shipwr., I. 239. While Phœbus down the vertic’ circle glides: He, o’er th’ horizon, vibrant seems to swim, And, tangent, sweeps it with his nether limb.
1817. W. Taylor, in Monthly Mag., XLIII. 236. His voice of song … Thro’ their crystalline caves the vibrant billows bear.
1860. O. W. Holmes, Elsie V. (1861), 136. She danced with a kind of passionate fierceness,… her round arms wreathing and unwinding, alive and vibrant to the tips of the slender fingers.
1876. Dowden, Poems, 22. A vibrant tongue Had in a moment pricked upon my brow The mystic mark.
transf. 1858. W. Cory, Ionica, 87. That vibrant hearts of ours repeat What they with him were wont to feel.
b. Vibrating or thrilling with something.
1867. Bailey, Universal Hymn, 8. Ye orbs,… Even the nebulous star,… with fearful joy Vibrant, conclude God is.
1883. Cent. Mag., Oct., 828/2. The greatest of commercial communities,… so stirring and vibrant with commerce and speculation.
1895. Zangwill, Master, II. vii. 213. The wonderful city … vibrant with the swirl of perpetual currents of traffic.
4. Of sound: Characterized by, exhibiting, vibration; resonant.
1848. Bailey, Festus (ed. 3), 204. While yet these words were vibrant on my tongue.
1874. Howells, Foregone Concl., viii. The vibrant accents of Chiozza.
1892. Zangwill, Bow Mystery, 117. The speaker paused a moment, his low vibrant tones faltering into silence.
