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convolve

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con⋅volve

  [kuhn-volv]
Use convolve in a Sentence
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -volved, -volv⋅ing.
to roll or wind together; coil; twist.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L convolvere, equiv. to con- con- + volvere to roll, turn, twist

Related forms:
con⋅volve⋅ment, noun
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con·volve   (kən-vŏlv')   
v.   con·volved, con·volv·ing, con·volves

v.   tr.
To roll together; coil up.
v.   intr.
To form convolutions.

[Latin convolvere : com-, com- + volvere, to roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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