pulsate Copy link Outline I. In primary senseII. Of any similar motion, as of the air in producing sound1. perh. pulsibus affici (or *moveri)2. use gen. term agitari; with some defining word or words • pulsate: I. In primary sense: to beat or throb like the pulse, mŏveor, 2: v. pulse. (N.B.--Pulso, 1, is transitive only: but perhaps pulsor may be used.) A pulsating pain, pulsuosus dolor, Coel. Aur. Acut. 2, 14. II. Of any similar motion, as of the air in producing sound: 1. perh. pulsibus affici (or *moveri): cf. Gell. 9, 13, animus quatitur et afficitur motibus pulsibusque. 2. use gen. term agitari; with some defining word or words: e. g. tremulo motu [qualis venarum fit] agitari.