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pulsative, a. Now rare.|ˈpʌlsətɪv|
[f. ppl. stem of L. pulsāre: see pulsate and -ative.]
1. = pulsatile 1, pulsatory.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. lxi. (Bodl. MS.), Þis veyne hatte pulsatif and is nedefulle to bringe quantite of blood and spurtes to þe lunges. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 112 It is riȝtful þat an arterie schulde arise vpward from byneþe, for þe blood þat is in him is sutil, & his meuynge is pulsatif. 1563T. Gale Antidot. i. vi. 4 Great inflamations..doe induce payne, and pulsatiue dolour. 1668Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. Man. iv. xii. 348 A pulsative pain of the teeth. 1842Blackw. Mag. LII. 786 Others..have laid bare to us the very pulsative heart of America.
†2. = pulsatile 2. Obs.
1695J. Edwards Perfect. Script. iv. 176 All other Musical Instruments..whether Pulsative or Pneumatick.
Hence ˈpulsatively adv. (in quot., with a blow or ? a series of blows).
1881Blackmore Christowell xv, Handling him by the head, against the wall, pulsatively, [he] stirs up the muffled drum of his outer ear. |