pulsate

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English

WOTD – 8 March 2009

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pʌlˈseɪt/, (obsolete) /ˈpʌl.seɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpʌl.seɪt/
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  • Rhymes: (UK) -eɪt

Verb

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.
    The party pulsated with revellers.
  3. To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.

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Ido

Verb

pulsate

  1. adverbial present passive participle of pulsar

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

pulsate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

pulsate f pl

  1. feminine plural of pulsato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

pulsāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of pulsō

Spanish

Verb

pulsate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of pulsar combined with te
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