PULSATE

pulse, pulsate

(verb) 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”

pulsate, throb, pulse

(verb) expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; “The baby’s heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it”

pulsate, beat, quiver

(verb) move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; “the city pulsated with music and excitement”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

pulsate (third-person singular simple present pulsates, present participle pulsating, simple past and past participle pulsated)

To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat.

To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.

To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.

Anagrams

• puteals, septula, spatule, upsteal

Source: Wiktionary


Pul"sate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pulsated; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulsating.] Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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