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palpitate

[pal-pi-teyt] / ˈpæl pɪˌteɪt /
VERB
beat at a rapid pace, like a heart
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STRONG
be still steady


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How she made Palpitate earth of the living and dead!

From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George

Palpitate, pal′pi-tāt, v.i. to move often and quickly: to beat rapidly: to throb: to pulsate.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various




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