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Palpitate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Palpitate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

cause to throb or beat rapidly

"Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart"

2

shake with fast, tremulous movements

"His nostrils palpitated"

3

beat rapidly

"His heart palpitated"

4

To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.

Example Sentences
"Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart" verb
"His nostrils palpitated" verb
"His heart palpitated" verb
See Also
palpitating palpitated tremulously beat pant palpitates pit pat palpation
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
shake tremble beat
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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