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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate long after it is taken from the body. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. It. pulsatile, Sp. pulsatil. ] 1. Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pulsating; throbbing, as a tumor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens, are used medicinally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pulsatio a beating or striking: cf. F. pulsation. ] 1. (Physiol.) A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A single beat or throb of a series. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery. [ 1913 Webster ]

By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. pulsatif. ] Beating; throbbing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] 1. A beater; a striker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) That which beats or throbs in working. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. pulsatoire. ] Capable of pulsating; throbbing. Sir H. Wotton. . [ 1913 Webster ]