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pulsate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pulsate \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pulsate v 1: expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The city pulsed with with music and excitement" [syn: {throb}, {pulse}] 2: produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses; "pulse waves," or cause an apparatus to produce pulses: "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube" [syn: {pulse}]
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