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   pulsate

   /pʌlˈseɪt/

   verb

   • 1. expand and contract with strong regular movements: "blood vessels throb and pulsate"
   • ▪ produce a regular throbbing sensation or sound: "through the tiled walls she could hear the music pulsating"

   Word Origin late 17th century (earlier (Middle English) as pulsation): from Latin pulsat- ‘throbbed, pulsed’, from the verb pulsare, frequentative of pellere ‘to drive, beat’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pulsation noun
   • 2. pulsatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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