2. A single beat or throb of a series.

3. A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the

propagation of sounds.

4. (Law) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This

constitutes battery.

By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is

prohibited.

Blackstone.

Pul"sa*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. pulsatif.] Beating; throbbing.

Pul*sa"tor (?), n. [L.] 1. A beater; a striker.

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