Category:Pulsate

Pul"sate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pulsated; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulsating.] Etym: [l. pulsatus, p. p. of pulsare to beat, strike, v. intens. fr. Pellere to beat, strike, drive. See pulse a beating, and cf. Pulse, V.]

Defn: to throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart. The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate long after it Is taken from the body. E. Darwin.