Dictionary entry

Convolve

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.