Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pulsate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pulsate \Pul"sate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pulsated}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Pulsating}.] [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.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pulsate
v 1: expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The
city pulsed with with music and excitement" [syn: {throb},
{pulse}]
2: produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form
of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce
pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an
electronic tube" [syn: {pulse}]
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