intransitive. Of the heart: To strike against the breast; hence, to throb, palpitate, pulsate. (Said also of the pulse, etc. and figuratively of…

intransitive. To expand and contract rhythmically; to beat, throb, as the heart, etc.; = pulsate, v. 1a. Now only in literary use.

intransitive. Of the pulse, heart: To beat, pulsate, throb. rare.

intransitive. To expand and contract rhythmically; to exhibit a pulse (pulse, n.2 1a); to throb.

Of the heart, pulse, an artery, etc. intransitive. To beat or pulsate (without implication of unusual force or rapidity).

transferred (intransitive) To beat, pulse, throb.