palpitate
UK /ˈpælpɪteɪt/ US /ˈpælpɪteɪt/
verb 3
Definitions
verb
1
To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement.
2
To cause to beat strongly or rapidly.
The allergy medicine palpitates my heart.
3
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 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.[…]”
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