palpitate

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Then his heart began to palpitate, his hair to bristle up, and his knees to totter; his thoughts teemed with presages of death and destruction; his conscience rose up in judgment against him, and he underwent a severe paroxysm of dismay and distraction.

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  1. intransitive verb To move with a slight tremulous motion; tremble, shake, or quiver.
  2. intransitive verb To beat with excessive rapidity; throb.

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  1. Latin palpitāre, palpitāt-, frequentative of palpāre, to touch gently; see palpable.

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  1. from Latin palpitatus, past participle of palpitare (later Italian palpitare = Spanish Portuguese palpitar = Frenchpalpiter), throb, pant, palpitate, freq. of palpare, feel, move quickly: see palp, v.
 

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/ˈpælpɪteɪt/
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