palpate
verb /pælˈpeɪt/
/pælˈpeɪt/
(medical)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they palpate | /pælˈpeɪt/ /pælˈpeɪt/ |
| he / she / it palpates | /pælˈpeɪts/ /pælˈpeɪts/ |
| past simple palpated | /pælˈpeɪtɪd/ /pælˈpeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle palpated | /pælˈpeɪtɪd/ /pælˈpeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form palpating | /pælˈpeɪtɪŋ/ /pælˈpeɪtɪŋ/ |
- palpate something to examine part of the body by touching itWord Originmid 19th cent. (earlier (late 15th cent.) as palpation): from Latin palpat- ‘touched gently’, from the verb palpare.