pulsate

Borrowed from Latin pulsātus, from pulsō (“I strike repeatedly”), from pellō (“I strike”). Doublet of push.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pʌlˈseɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌl.seɪt/

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pulsate (third-person singular simple present pulsates, present participle pulsating, simple past and past participle pulsated)

1. to expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat
2. to quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music
3. to produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity

• pulsar

• puteals, septula, spatule, upsteal

pulsate

1. adverbial present passive participle of pulsar

pulsate

1. second-person plural present indicative of pulsare
2. second-person plural imperative of pulsare

pulsate f pl

1. feminine plural of pulsato

• spatule
• spulate

pulsāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of pulsō