pulsate

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”, transitive)^[1] with semantic influence from classical pulsus (“a pulse”). Ultimately from Latin pellō (“to strike”). By surface analysis, pulse +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of push.

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

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• Rhymes: (UK) -eɪt

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

1. (intransitive) To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse. [from 1674]
2. (intransitive) To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music. [from 1861]

   The party pulsated with revellers.

3. (intransitive, figurative) To pulse, to be full of life, energy: to bustle, thrive, flourish. [from 1744]
4. (transitive) To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• puteals, septula, spatule, upsteal

pulsate

1. adverbial present passive participle of pulsar

pulsate

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

pulsate f pl

1. feminine plural of pulsato

• spulate, stapule

pulsāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of pulsō

pulsate

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