palpitate
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Is palpitate a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.Examples: "When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement."intransitive
2. (transitive) To cause to beat strongly or rapidly.Examples: "The allergy medicine palpitates my heart."transitive
3. (intransitive) To shake tremulouslyExamples: "I was now so bruised, so batter'd, so spent with this over-match, that I could hardly stir, or raise myself, but lay palpitating"; "“Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]”"Synonyms: quiver, tremble, vibrateintransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary