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in⋅vo⋅lute

[adj., n. in-vuh-loot; v. in-vuh-loot, in-vuh-loot] adjective, noun, verb, -lut⋅ed, -lut⋅ing.
–adjective
1. intricate; complex.
2. curled or curved inward or spirally.
3. Botany. rolled inward from the edge, as a leaf.
4. Zoology. (of shells) having the whorls closely wound.
–noun
5. Geometry. any curve of which a given curve is the evolute.
–verb (used without object)
6. to roll or curl up; become involute.
7. to return to a normal shape, size, or state.

Origin:
1655–65; < L involūtus (ptp. of involvere to roll up, wrap, cover), equiv. to in- in- 2 + volū- (var. s. of volvere to roll) + -tus ptp. suffix; cf. involve


in⋅vo⋅lute⋅ly, adverb
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Main Entry: in·vo·lute
Pronunciation: "in-v&-'lüt
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: -lut·ed; -lut·ing
1 : to return to a former condition involutes>
2 : to become cleared up involuteswithout desquammation —Annals of New York Academy of Sciences>
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