pulsificadj.

Brit.

/pʌlˈsɪfɪk/, U.S.

/pəlˈsɪfɪk/

Forms: 1600s pulsifick, 1600s pulsifique, 1700s– pulsific.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pulsificus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pulsificus (1582 in the passage translated in quot. 1634² in facultas pulsifica pulsific faculty, after Hellenistic Greek σϕυγμικὴ δύναμις (Galen)) < classical Latin pulsus pulse n.² + -ficus -fic suffix. Compare earlier pulsatile adj., pulsative adj., and slightly earlier pulsive adj.

Now rare.

Producing or causing the pulse or pulsation of the arteries; (also) characterized by pulsation; pulsatory, throbbing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > pulsation > [adjective]

pulsativea1398

pulsatile?a1425

pulsific1611

pulsatory1613

pulsatory1758

1611 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 189 The vital influence and pulsifick faculty of the heart which animated and circulated it is extinct.

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. viii. xix. 314 Cruell symptomes doe follow, as pulsifique paine [L. doloris pulsatilis, Fr. douleur pulsatile], a feaver, restlessnesse.

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xx. vii. 772 The oppression of the vitall and pulsifick faculty by a cloud of grosse vapours [L. propter facultatis vitalis & pulsificę à vaporum crassorum nebula oppressionem.].

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 161 A Pulsifick Corporeal Quality in the Substance of the Heart it self, is very Unphilosophical and Absurd.

1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 425 The pulsific Motion of the Blood continually thrusting on.

1853 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 9) Pulsific, that which causes or excites pulsation.

1959 Listener 9 Apr. 647/2 Pulsific rhythms, syncopated accompaniments.

1994 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 55 215 He invoked the Galenic ‘pulsific faculty’ to explain the movement of the blood.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pulsific
释义	pulsificadj. Brit. /pʌlˈsɪfɪk/, U.S. /pəlˈsɪfɪk/ Forms: 1600s pulsifick, 1600s pulsifique, 1700s– pulsific. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pulsificus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pulsificus (1582 in the passage translated in quot. 1634² in facultas pulsifica pulsific faculty, after Hellenistic Greek σϕυγμικὴ δύναμις (Galen)) < classical Latin pulsus pulse n.² + -ficus -fic suffix. Compare earlier pulsatile adj., pulsative adj., and slightly earlier pulsive adj. Now rare. Producing or causing the pulse or pulsation of the arteries; (also) characterized by pulsation; pulsatory, throbbing. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > pulsation > [adjective] pulsativea1398 pulsatile?a1425 pulsific1611 pulsatory1613 pulsatory1758 1611 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 189 The vital influence and pulsifick faculty of the heart which animated and circulated it is extinct. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. viii. xix. 314 Cruell symptomes doe follow, as pulsifique paine [L. doloris pulsatilis, Fr. douleur pulsatile], a feaver, restlessnesse. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xx. vii. 772 The oppression of the vitall and pulsifick faculty by a cloud of grosse vapours [L. propter facultatis vitalis & pulsificę à vaporum crassorum nebula oppressionem.]. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 161 A Pulsifick Corporeal Quality in the Substance of the Heart it self, is very Unphilosophical and Absurd. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 425 The pulsific Motion of the Blood continually thrusting on. 1853 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 9) Pulsific, that which causes or excites pulsation. 1959 Listener 9 Apr. 647/2 Pulsific rhythms, syncopated accompaniments. 1994 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 55 215 He invoked the Galenic ‘pulsific faculty’ to explain the movement of the blood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1611
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