pulsate

Pronunciation: /pʌlˈseɪt/

The English word “pulsate” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.
To pulse, to be full of life, energy: to bustle, thrive, flourish.
To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.

Etymology

Perhaps formed within English as a back-formation from pulsation (attested from the early 15th century, in Middle English). A figurative derivation from New Latin pulsō, pulsātum (“(of an organ) to pulse, to emit a pulse”, intransitive) is also possible, itself a back-formation of New Latin pulsātiō (“pulsation”, 14th century), or derived from classical Latin pulsō (“to strike repeatedly”,…

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