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单词 convell
释义

convellv.

Etymology: < Latin convellĕre to wrench up, overthrow, shatter, < con- intensive + vellĕre to tear, pull, pluck. Compare convulse v.
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.
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