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Heightened; raised. Obsolete.
Happening or occurring at short intervals; often recurring; coming or happening in close succession. Of the pulse: Faster than is normal or usual…
Medicine. Of the pulse: very rapid and weak. Now rare.
That flutters, in various senses of the verb.
Eager, impetuous, violent. Of the pulse.