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Synonyms for pulse
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : puhls |
| Phonetic Transcription : pʌls |
Définition of pulse
Origin :- "a throb, a beat," early 14c., from Old French pous, pulse (late 12c., Modern French pouls) and directly from Latin pulsus (in pulsus venarum "beating from the blood in the veins"), past participle of pellere "to push, drive," from PIE *pel- (6) "to thrust, strike, drive" (cf. Greek pallein "to wield, brandish, swing," pelemizein "to shake, cause to tremble"). Extended usages from 16c. Figurative use for "life, vitality, essential energy" is from 1530s.
- noun rhythm, beat
- Dico that the pulse of this gentleman is the pulse of a man who is not well.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- This pulse is trifling with me; I see that it does not know me yet.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- Never had the pulse beat stronger in my veins then at that moment.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- I laughed out of sheer inanity; every pulse in my body was throbbing.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- The Little Doctor was counting his pulse, and waited till she had finished.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- "As good a pulse as ever man had," pronounced Mr. Walsingham.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- A physician's forecast of the disease by the patient's pulse and purse.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- I'll answer for us all, being used to feel the pulse of crowds.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- But he had not been hurt, and in a few seconds his pulse beat steadily.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- One day, as they sat by Rachel's bed, the doctor had been counting her pulse.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
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