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pul·sate

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–verb (used without object), -sat·ed, -sat·ing.

1.	to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.

2.	to vibrate; quiver.

[Origin: 1785–95; < L pulsātus, ptp. of pulsāre to batter, strike, make (strings) vibrate. See pulse¹, -ate¹

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—Synonyms 1. pulse. Pulsate, beat, palpitate, throb refer to the recurrent vibratory movement of the heart, the pulse, etc. To pulsate is to move in a definite rhythm, temporarily or for a longer duration: Blood pulsates in the arteries. To beat is to repeat a vibration or pulsation regularly for some time: One's heart beats many times a minute. To palpitate is to beat at a rapid rate, often producing a flutter: to palpitate with excitement. To throb is to beat with an unusual force that is often associated with pain or heightened emotion or sensation: to throb with terror.

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pul·sate Audio Help (pŭl'sāt') Pronunciation Key
intr.v. pul·sat·ed, pul·sat·ing, pul·sates

To expand and contract rhythmically; beat.
To quiver; vibrate.

[Latin pulsāre, pulsāt-, frequentative of pellere, to beat; see pel-⁵ in Indo-European roots.]

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pulsate
verb
1.	expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
2.	move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
3.	produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube" [syn: pulse]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pulsate [palˈseit, (American) ˈpalseit] verb

to beat or throb

Arabic:	يَنْبُض، يخْفِق
Chinese (Simplified):	（心脏）跳动
Chinese (Traditional):	(心臟)跳動
Czech:	pulsovat
Danish:	slå; dunke
Dutch:	pulseren
Estonian:	tuksuma, pulseerima
Finnish:	sykkiä
French:	battre
German:	pulsieren
Greek:	πάλλομαι
Hungarian:	lüktet
Icelandic:	slá
Indonesian:	berdenyut
Italian:	pulsare, battere

Japanese:	脈打つ
Korean:	맥박치다, 고동치다
Latvian:	pulsēt
Lithuanian:	pulsuoti
Norwegian:	slå, pulsere, dunke
Polish:	pulsować
Portuguese (Brazil):	pulsar
Portuguese (Portugal):	pulsar
Romanian:	a pulsa, a bate
Russian:	биться, пульсировать
Slovak:	pulzovať
Slovenian:	utripati
Spanish:	latir, palpitar
Swedish:	pulsera
Turkish:	atmak, çarpmak

See also: pulse

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

pulsate pul·sate (pŭl'sāt')
v. pul·sat·ed, pul·sat·ing, pul·sates
To expand and contract rhythmically; beat.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: pul·sate
Pronunciation: 'p&l-"sAt also "p&l-'
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: pul·sat·ed;pul·sat·ing
: to exhibit a pulse or pulsation pulsating artery>

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Pulsate

Pul"sate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pulsated; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulsating.] [L. pulsatus, p. p. of pulsare to beat, strike, v. intens. fr. pellere to beat, strike, drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Pulse, v.] To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.

The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate long after it is taken from the body. --E. Darwin.

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