pulsate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin pulsātiō (“repeated striking”), from pulsō (“strike repeatedly”), from pellō (“strike”)
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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, thrill.
- To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.
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[edit] Translations
to expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat
to quiver, vibrate, thrill
to produce a recurring increase and decrease
[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
pulsate
- second-person plural present indicative of pulsare
- second-person plural imperative of pulsare
- Feminine plural of pulsato
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
pulsāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of pulsō
