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Definition of Palpitating
1. Adjective. Having a slight and rapid trembling motion. "My palpitating heart"
Definition of Palpitating
1. Verb. (present participle of palpitate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palpitating
1. palpitate [v] - See also: palpitate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palpitating
Literary usage of Palpitating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"... but after going a few steps up the stairs, sat down with a palpitating heart.
If, because of any thing her brother said to him, he went away— Lapidoth ..."
2. Memoirs of Modern Philosophers by Elizabeth Hamilton (1804)
"She foon took her leave, and her heart palpitating with various contending
emotions^ returned to her father's ..."
3. Panama to Patagonia: The Isthmian Canal and the West Coast Countries to by Charles Melville Pepper (1906)
"... CHAPTER XVI palpitating SOCIAL QUESTIONS Existence of the Roto Discovered—
Mob Rule in Valparaiso — Indian and Caucasian Race Mixture — Disquieting ..."
4. The Theory of Colouring: Being an Analysis of the Principles of Contrast and by J. Bacon (1872)
"... a^ the colours are palpitating in the grey medium, which increases in depth
of tone with the distance upwards from the horizon. SECTION 2. ..."
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