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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Latin
Origin: , past participle of pulsare, from pulsus; PULSE1

pulsate

 verb
     
pul‧sate [intransitive]
1 to make sounds or movements that are strong and regular like a heart beating:
I could see the veins in his neck pulsating.
pulsating music
2 literary to be strongly affected by a powerful emotion or feeling
pulsate with
The whole city seemed to pulsate with excitement.
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