palpitate

English

Verb

palpitate (third-person singular simple present palpitates, present participle palpitating, simple past and past participle palpitated)

1. (intransitive) to throb, beat strongly
   • 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 4

     I was now so bruised, so batter'd, so spent with this over-match, that I could hardly stir, or raise myself, but lay palpitating

Derived terms

• palpitation

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Italian

Verb

palpitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of palpitare
2. second-person plural imperative of palpitare
3. Feminine plural of palpitato

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Latin

Verb

palpitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of palpitō