pulse – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pulse

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pulse
Participle: pulsed
Gerund: pulsing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipulse
youpulse
he;she;itpulses
wepulse
youpulse
theypulse

Perfect

Ihave pulsed
youhave pulsed
he;she;ithas pulsed
wehave pulsed
youhave pulsed
theyhave pulsed

Past

Ipulsed
youpulsed
he;she;itpulsed
wepulsed
youpulsed
theypulsed

Pluperfect

Ihad pulsed
youhad pulsed
he;she;ithad pulsed
wehad pulsed
youhad pulsed
theyhad pulsed

Future

Iwill pulse
youwill pulse
he;she;itwill pulse
wewill pulse
youwill pulse
theywill pulse

Future Perfect

Iwill have pulsed
youwill have pulsed
he;she;itwill have pulsed
wewill have pulsed
youwill have pulsed
theywill have pulsed

Subjunctive

Present

Ipulse
youpulse
he;she;itpulse
wepulse
youpulse
theypulse

Perfect

Ihave pulsed
youhave pulsed
he;she;ithave pulsed
wehave pulsed
youhave pulsed
theyhave pulsed

Imperfect

Ipulsed
youpulsed
he;she;itpulsed
wepulsed
youpulsed
theypulsed

Pluperfect

Ihad pulsed
youhad pulsed
he;she;ithad pulsed
wehad pulsed
youhad pulsed
theyhad pulsed

Conditional

Present

Iwould pulse
youwould pulse
he;she;itwould pulse
wewould pulse
youwould pulse
theywould pulse

Perfect

Iwould have pulsed
youwould have pulsed
he;she;itwould have pulsed
wewould have pulsed
youwould have pulsed
theywould have pulsed

Imperative

youpulse
weLet's pulse
youpulse

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pulsing
youare pulsing
he;she;itis pulsing
weare pulsing
youare pulsing
theyare pulsing

Perfect

Ihave been pulsing
youhave been pulsing
he;she;ithas been pulsing
wehave been pulsing
youhave been pulsing
theyhave been pulsing

Past

Iwas pulsing
youwere pulsing
he;she;itwas pulsing
wewere pulsing
youwere pulsing
theywere pulsing

Pluperfect

Ihad been pulsing
youhad been pulsing
he;she;ithad been pulsing
wehad been pulsing
youhad been pulsing
theyhad been pulsing

Future

Iwill be pulsing
youwill be pulsing
he;she;itwill be pulsing
wewill be pulsing
youwill be pulsing
theywill be pulsing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pulsing
youwill have been pulsing
he;she;itwill have been pulsing
wewill have been pulsing
youwill have been pulsing
theywill have been pulsing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pulsing
youwould be pulsing
he;she;itwould be pulsing
wewould be pulsing
youwould be pulsing
theywould be pulsing

Perfect

Iwould have been pulsing
youwould have been pulsing
he;she;itwould have been pulsing
wewould have been pulsing
youwould have been pulsing
theywould have been pulsing

Other

Verbs similar to 'pulse'

pule, purse, avulse, bulge, curse, depulse, dulce, evulse, expulse, false,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. "a throb, a beat," c.1330, from O.Fr. pous (c.1175), from L. pulsus (in pulsus venarum "beating from the blood in the veins"), pp. of pellere "to push, drive," from PIE *pel- "to shake, swing" (cf. Gk. pallein "to weild, brandish, swing," pelemizein "to shake, cause to tremble"). The verb meaning "to beat, throb" is first attested 1559.
2. From Late Middle English pulse, Middle English pulsen (“to pulse, throb”), from Latin pulsāre, the present active infinitive of pulsō (“to push; to beat, batter, hammer, strike; to knock on; (figuratively) to drive or urge on, impel; to move; to agitate, disquiet, disturb”), the frequentative of pellō (“to drive, impel, propel, push; to banish, eject, expel; to set in motion; to strike”); see further at etymology 1. Doublet of push.

Verbs referencing "pulse"

French pulser.

Sample Sentences

  • Though a light of love she swimmeth, / Zoned with utterless desire, / And the air of her swift coming / Through thy hot veins pulseth fire. [1850, W[illiam] C[ox] Bennett, “The Shadow-hunted”, in Poems, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 139:]
  • Rapidly rotating dead stars, pulsars are so named because as they spin, they release beams of electromagnetic radiation across space that appear to pulse like celestial lighthouses. [2023 August 30, Ashley Strickland, “Astronomers solve the puzzle of an unusual pulsing dead star”, in CNN:]
  • Hot blood pulsed through my veins as I grew angrier.
  • The streets were dark, and all that could be seen was light pulsing from the disco.
  • As pulseth in thy northern skies / Th' Aurora—so, in ecstasies, / Through starry maze, my spirit flies; [...] [1849, A[ndrew] J[ames] Symington, “To Mademoiselle Jenny Lind”, in Harebell Chimes: Or Summer Memories and Musings, London: Houlston and Stoneman; Edinburgh: W[illia]m Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, stanza 5, page 139:]
  • None dare awake the deep affright / That pulseth in the heart of night, [...] [1864, James Thomson, “Vane’s Story”, in Vane’s Story, Weddah and Om-El-Bonain, and Other Poems, London: Reeves and Turner, […], published 1881, →OCLC, the story, page 54:]
  • Come, descend to lower station! / We are of the same creation, / And the life that all sustains / Pulseth in our purple veins: [...] [1867, Arthur H[enry] W[innington] Ingram, “To a Squirrel”, in The Doom of the Gods of Hellas, and Other Poems, London: A. W. Bennett, […], →OCLC, page 57:]
  • O Heart Divine, that pulsest through all space, / Why dost Thou seem so far away and cold? / We miss the pressure of the arms that fold; / We long to hear Thy voice, to see Thy face. [From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.] [1887 February 3, F. V., “O Heart Divine!”, in Lyman Abbott, Hamilton W[right] Mabie, editors, The Christian Union, volume 35, number 5, New York, N.Y.: The Christian Union Company, →OCLC, page 31, column 2:]
  • There is a dangerous censoriousness pulsing through American society. In small towns and big cities alike, would-be commissars are fighting, in the name of a distinct minority of Americans, to stifle open discussion and impose their views on the community at large. Dissenters, when they speak out, are hounded, ostracized and sometimes even forced from their jobs. [2022 February 18, Jamelle Bouie, “Opinion: You Just Can’t Tell the Truth About America Anymore”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 May 2023:]
  • The emotion had pulsed from the outset, the Ukraine players emerging from the tunnel with blue and yellow flags around their shoulders; the rendition of their anthem seeing eyes well up. [2023 March 26, David Hytner, “Kane and Bukayo Saka combine against Ukraine for England’s perfect Euros start”, in The Guardian:]