convolve

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convolve - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Convolve \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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Then Satan first knew pain,
           And writhed him to and fro convolved.    --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

convolve - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  convolve
      v 1: curl, wind, or twist together [syn: convolve,
           convolute]