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Verb: pulsate  'púl,seyt or ,púl'seyt
  1. Expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
    "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it";
    - throb, pulse
     
  2. Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
    "the city pulsated with music and excitement";
    - beat, quiver
     
  3. Produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
    "pulsate waves";
    - pulse

Derived forms: pulsated, pulsates, pulsating

Type of: beat, create, make, move, pound, produce, thump

Encyclopedia: Pulsate