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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1696
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Pulsatory, n. [Cf. e.m.E. pulsator (1656) one who or that which knocks or strikes, and pulsatory adj. (1613) pulsating, f. L. pulsāre to push, strike, beat.] ? A clause tending to striek forcibly, one adding force or ‘teeth’ to a declaration. — 1696 Marchmont P. III 114.
We have ground to think, that some of our statesmen will push an act for an association, with some weighty pulsatory in it
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