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pul·sate    Audio Help   [puhl-seyt] Pronunciation Key
–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]

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
  1. To expand and contract rhythmically; beat.
  2. 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

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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

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

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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>

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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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