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▪ I. convulse, v.|kənˈvʌls|
[f. L. convuls- ppl. stem of convellĕre to pull violently hither and thither, to wrest, wrench, shatter, etc., f. con- together + vellĕre to pluck, pull, tear.]
1. trans. To shake violently; to agitate or disturb physically (as in an earthquake), politically, or socially.
1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §38 To dote on life, or be convulst and tremble at the name of death. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 652 The late war, by which North Carolina was greatly convulsed. 1815Shelley Alastor 349 The bursting mass That fell, convulsing ocean. 1830D'Israeli Chas. I, III. i. 6 A revolution..was to convulse England for many years. 1866Dickens Repr. Pieces 131 Our watering place has been convulsed by the agitation, Gas or No Gas. 1875Lyell Princ. Geol. II. ii. xxviii. 94 The plain of Bogota..was convulsed by an earthquake.
2. Path. To affect with a succession of violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, so as to produce agitation of the limbs or whole body; to throw into convulsions. (Chiefly in pass.).
1681H. Hallywell Melampr. 78 (T.) A young man, who was strangely convulsed in his body, having sometimes one member and sometimes another, violently agitated. 1695tr. Colbatch's Lt. Chirurg. Put out 53 Which did not fail..in convulsing the Patient. 1804Med. Jrnl. XII. 273 The left side of the body was more convulsed than the right. 1882Syd. Soc. Lex., Convulsed, affected with a Convulsion.
†b. To affect with involuntary contraction or stiffening; to ‘draw up’. Cf. convulsion 2 a.
1691Ray Creation i. (1704) 82 The parts..are, by and by, convulsed and shortly relaxed.
c. To throw into a violent fit of laughter. (Associated with 1 and 2.)
1751Johnson Rambler No. 176 ⁋1 Convulsing them with irresistible laughter. 1789Wolcott (P. Pindar) Ep. falling Minis. Wks. 1812 II. 124 A thought that now convulseth us with laughter. 1871Morley Voltaire (1886) 112 Explanatory comments, after the showman's manner, in which he would convulse his friends at the expense of his enemies. 1887Jessopp Arcady vii. 213 He kept us all convulsed with laughter for miles.
3. intr. To become convulsed; esp. to be affected with convulsion, go into convulsions, be convulsed.
1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. iii. 76 The Child cried a little, did not faint, nor convulse. 1814Byron Corsair i. x, Feelings..That rise—convulse—contend—that freeze or glow, Flush in the cheek or damp upon the brow. 1888B. Waugh in Daily News 7 June 5/2 He..fell down..shivered a little, and convulsed at the mouth.
▪ II. † convulse, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. convuls-us, pa. pple. of convellĕre: see prec.]
Convulsed.
1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. iii. 110 They that are convulse by wounds, are puft up.
▪ III. convulse, n. rare.
[f. the vb., or after a L. type *convulsus (u stem).]
= convulsion.
1820Keats Hyperion iii. 129 Liker still to one who should take leave Of pale immortal death, and..with fierce convulse Die into life. a1845Hood Jack Hall xxxiv, Nor vultures sniff'd so far away A last convulse. |