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English Dictionary: undulate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
undulate
adj
  1. having a wavy margin and rippled surface
v
  1. stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate]
  2. occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past"
    Synonym(s): roll, undulate
  3. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
    Synonym(s): roll, undulate, flap, wave
  4. increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Undulate \Un"du*late\, a. [L. undulatus undulated, wavy, a dim.
      from unda a wave; cf. AS. [?][?], Icel. unnr; perhaps akin to
      E. water. Cf. {Abound}, {Inundate}, {Redound}, {Surround}.]
      Same as {Undulated}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Undulate \Un"du*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Undulated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Undulating}.]
      To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in
      undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate.
  
               Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and undulated.
                                                                              --Holder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Undulate \Un"du*late\, v. i.
      To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to
      wave; as, undulating air.
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