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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