Pulsate Definition

pŭlsāt
pulsated, pulsates, pulsating
verb
pulsated, pulsates, pulsating
To beat or throb rhythmically, as the heart.
Webster's New World
To produce rhythmic sounds or other vibrations.
Music pulsating throughout the room.
American Heritage
To vibrate; quiver.
Webster's New World

To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.

Wiktionary

Origin of Pulsate

  • Latin pulsāre pulsāt- frequentative of pellere to beat pel-5 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin pulsātiō (“repeated striking"), from pulsō (“strike repeatedly"), from pellō (“strike")

    From Wiktionary

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