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.
© Webster 1913.