单词 | convell |
释义 | † convellv. Obsolete. 1. literal. To tear, wrench. rare. ΚΠ 1638 A. Read Treat. 1st Pt. Chirurg. x. 75 The muscles appointed for respiration, being also convelled. 1657 [see convelled adj. at Derivatives]. 2. figurative. To overthrow or refute completely. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > completely to put silence toc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 convell1536 silence1592 to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605 explode1629 to fetch overa1640 out-argue1662 ruin1665 settle1849 scuttle1888 skyrocket1928 banjax1956 1536 Articles Relig. p. xvii Such as neither ought ne can be altered or convelled by any contrary opinion. 1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder Pref. To convel, and confute, this pestilent and perilous Libel. 1724 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 111 It's impossible to convell the material facts he has set down. Derivatives convelled adj. ΚΠ 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Tt2v Broken and convelled nerves. convelling n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] > complete convelling1620 skyrocketing1821 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 187 For conuelling....of this vaine custome. 1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 24 Very strong irritations in the Members of the Body, by convelling of their Muscular Fibres. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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