Meaning of PULSATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'pulseyt
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- [v] 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"
- [v] expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
- [v] move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
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| | Synonyms: | | pulse, pulse, throb |
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| | See Also: | | beat, create, make, move, pound, produce, thump | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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