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      heartbeats
      noun
      an animating or vital unifying force
      a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
      the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
      Roots
      hertanheart- · Old English · heartbeatan-beat · Old English · strike
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      The word heartbeats breaks down into 2 roots of Old English origin: heart-, from Old English hertan (“heart”); and -beat, from Old English beatan (“strike”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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