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PALPITATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they palpitate ... he / she / it palpitates
Past simple: palpitated
Past participle: palpitated
-ing form: palpitating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beat rapidly
Example:
His heart palpitated
Synonyms:
flutter; palpitate
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "palpitate" is one way to...):
beat; pound; thump (move rhythmically)
Verb group:
palpitate (cause to throb or beat rapidly)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
palpitant (having a slight and rapid trembling motion)
palpitation (a rapid and irregular heart beat)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Shake with fast, tremulous movements
Example:
His nostrils palpitated
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "palpitate" is one way to...):
tremble (move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
palpitant (having a slight and rapid trembling motion)
palpitation (a shaky motion)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Cause to throb or beat rapidly
Example:
Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "palpitate" is one way to...):
agitate; shake (move or cause to move back and forth)
Verb group:
flutter; palpitate (beat rapidly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
palpitant (having a slight and rapid trembling motion)
palpitation (a rapid and irregular heart beat)
Context examples:
‘Death,’ said he, and rising from the table he retired to his room, leaving me palpitating with horror.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
