Definition of "palpitated" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of palpitate. (verb)

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• "Maurice also read twice, before handing it back, this letter whose every word palpitated with sublime passion."
• "His ceramic heart palpitated, felt as though it would thump out of the hard wall of his painted chest."
• "My heart palpitated in the sickness of fear; and I hurried on with irregular steps, not daring to look about me: —"