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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palpitate  \Pal"pi*tate\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Palpitated};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Palpitating}.]  [L.  palpitare,  palpitatum  v. 
  intens.  fr  pappare.  See  {Palpable}.] 
  To  beat  rapidly  and  more  strongly  than  usual;  to  throb;  to 
  bound  with  emotion  or  exertion;  to  pulsate  violently;  to 
  flutter;  --  said  specifically  of  the  heart  when  its  action  is 
  abnormal,  as  from  excitement. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  palpitating 
  adj  :  having  a  slight  and  rapid  trembling  motion;  "a  fluttering 
  heartbeat";  "palpitant  movements  rather  than  violent 
  eruptions";  "my  palpitating  heart"  [syn:  {fluttering}, 
  {palpitant}] 




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