Meanings
adjectivepulsative (comparative more pulsative, superlative most pulsative)
comparative more pulsative · superlative most pulsative
- Characterised by pulsing or beating; throbbing.First known use 14th c.
It was this vital spirit which was mainly responsible for creating the pulsative power within the coats of the artery.
1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 73
Origin
- Latinpulsativus
- Middle Frenchpulsatif
- Englishpulsative
From Middle French pulsatif, and its source, past-classical Latin pulsativus.
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