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palpitated

palpitated is the simple past and past participle of palpitate.

Meaning of palpitate

Verb

palpitate (third-person singular simple present palpitates, present participle palpitating, simple past and past participle palpitated)

  1. (intransitive) To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
    • When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement.
  2. (transitive) To cause to beat strongly or rapidly.
    • The allergy medicine palpitates my heart.
  3. (intransitive) To shake tremulously
    • I was now so bruised, so batter'd, so spent with this over-match, that I could hardly stir, or raise myself, but lay palpitating1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    quiver, tremble, vibrate

Questions about palpitated

What is palpitated the simple past and past participle of?
Palpitated is the simple past and past participle of palpitate.

Words near palpitated in the dictionary

  1. palping
  2. palpitance
  3. palpitancy
  4. palpitant
  5. palpitate
  6. palpitated
  7. palpitates
  8. palpitating
  9. palpitatingly
  10. palpitation
  11. palpitations

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