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pulsate

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7
Pronunciation
/pʌlˈseɪt/ (UK)
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/pʌlˈseɪt/ (UK) · /ˈpʌl.seɪt/ (UK) · /ˈpʌl.seɪt/ (US)

Definition of pulsate

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
  2. (intransitive)To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.
    “The party pulsated with revellers.”
  3. (figuratively, intransitive)To pulse, to be full of life, energy: to bustle, thrive, flourish.
  4. (transitive)To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.

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Etymology

Perhaps formed within English as a back-formation from pulsation (attested from the early 15th century, in Middle English). A figurative derivation from New Latin pulsō, pulsātum (“(of an organ) to…

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Perhaps formed within English as a back-formation from pulsation (attested from the early 15th century, in Middle English). A figurative derivation from New Latin pulsō, pulsātum (“(of an organ) to pulse, to emit a pulse”, intransitive) is also possible, itself a back-formation of New Latin pulsātiō (“pulsation”, 14th century), or derived from classical Latin pulsō (“to strike repeatedly”, transitive) with semantic influence from classical pulsus (“a pulse”). Ultimately from Latin pellō (“to strike”). By surface analysis, pulse + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of push.

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