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convolvere [CL] 1 to roll: a (refl); b (fig.). c to revolve mentally. d to bring round, cause to recur. a [boves] quidam nantes, alii se in aquis ~entes R. Cold. Godr. 555.  b licet pie ‥ philosophantibus ab unaquaque earum ‥ inchoare et per caeteras mentis oculum ‥ ~ere Eriug. Per. 624C.  c ~ens omnes iniquitates suas et imponens collo suo quas ‥ commiserat, rediit [mulier] ad medicum suum J. Ford Wulf. 71.  d tempora reciprocis convolvens menstrua cyclis Aldh. Aen. 6 (Luna) 2 (cf. WW: 9‥ ~ens, wendende). 2 to enfold, entwine, plait; b (fig.). 9‥ ~it, i. cingit, embhrincþ WW; ut ‥ carnem in deliciis nutritam cilicio ~eret W. Malm. GR II 62; 1360 subtrappur’ equorum de cordis convolutis IMisc 180/10; to falde, plicare ‥, volvere, con- ‥, to lappe, volvere, con- CathA.  b hec ideo inelaborato et celeri sermone ~o, quia de tanto rege mala dicere erubesco W. Malm. GR IV 316; actus convolutus cum malicia non potest esse rectus Lutterell Occam 145.

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