Pulsate \Pul"sate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pulsated}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Pulsating}.] [L. pulsatus, p. p. of pulsare to beat,
strike, v. intens. fr. pellere to beat, strike, drive. See
{Pulse} a beating, and cf. {Pulse}, v.]
To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.

The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate
long after it is taken from the body. --E. Darwin.