fibrillate Syllabification: (fi·bril·late)Pronunciation: /ˈfibrəˌlāt/Definition of fibrillate verb [no object] 1(of a muscle, especially in the heart) make a quivering movement due to uncoordinated contraction of the individual fibrils:the atria ceased to fibrillate when the temperature was reduced 2(of a fiber) split up into fibrils. [with object] break (a fiber) into fibrils. Derivatives fibrillationPronunciation: /ˌfibrəˈlāSHən/ noun fibrillate in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of fibrillate in the British & World English dictionary