palpitate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpælpɪteɪt/
palpitate (palpitates, present participle palpitating; past and past participle palpitated)
- (intransitive) To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
- When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement.
- (transitive) To cause to beat strongly or rapidly.
- The allergy medicine palpitates my heart.
- (intransitive) To shake tremulously
- 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: Printed [by Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352 ↗:
- I was now so bruised, so batter'd, so spent with this over-match, that I could hardly stir, or raise myself, but lay palpitating
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