What is the meaning of Convulse?

  • (v.t.) To agitate greatly; to shake violently.
  • (v.t.) To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter or in agony from grief or pain.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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MLAWebster's. "convulse" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/convulse/definitions/1991345>
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