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palpate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpælpeɪt/
  • pălʹpāt
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palpātus, perfect passive participle of palpō (“touch softly”).

Meanings

  1. To examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly (medicine) in reference to an area or organ of the human body.
    • I palpated his expired heart.
    • David reached inside with his fingers and palpated a logic board. 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
palpated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
palpated Tense=Past lexicographic
palpating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
palpates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

repalpate · palpative

Synonyms

touch

Translations (20)

de abtasten (to examine by feeling) · hu kitapint (to examine by feeling) · ru ощупывать (to examine by feeling) · ga lámhaigh (to examine by feeling) · fi tunnustella (to examine by feeling) · el ψηλαφώ (to examine by feeling) · bg опипвам (to examine by feeling) · ja 触診する (to examine by feeling) · de palpieren (to examine by feeling) · cs ošahat (to examine by feeling) · pt apalpar (to examine by feeling) · eo palpi (to examine by feeling) · fr palper (to examine by feeling) · sv palpera (to examine by feeling) · grc ψηλαφάω (to examine by feeling) · pt palpar (to examine by feeling) · cs prohmatat (to examine by feeling) · ru ощупать (to examine by feeling) · es palpar (to examine by feeling) · bg палпирам (to examine by feeling)