convulse

From Latin convulsus, past participle of convellere (“to pluck up, dislocate, convulse”), from com- (“together”) + vellere (“to pluck, pull”). Doublet of convel.

• IPA^(key): /kənˈvʌls/

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• Rhymes: -ʌls

convulse (third-person singular simple present convulses, present participle convulsing, simple past and past participle convulsed)

1. (transitive) To violently shake or agitate.
2. (transitive) To create great laughter.
3. (intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortions of the body or limbs.

• convulsible
• convulsion
• convulsive
• convulsant

• convulse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “convulse”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

convulse

1. feminine plural of convulso

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈu̯ul.se/, [kɔnˈu̯ʊɫ̪s̠ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈvul.se/, [koɱˈvulse]

convulse

1. vocative masculine singular of convulsus

convulse

1. inflection of convulsar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative