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Convolve

02319 Con*volve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convolved (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Convolving.] [L. convolvere, -volutum; con- + volvere to roll. See Voluble.] To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another.Then Satan first knew pain,
And writhed him to and fro convolved.
Milton.

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