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There remained no resource but the dreadful one of
convoking a parliament.

palfrey.

Syn. -- To summon; assemble; convene. See
Call.

Con"vo*lute (?), a. [L.
convolutus, p. p. of convolvere. See
Convolve.] (Bot.) Rolled or wound together,
one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in
æstivation.

Con"vo*lu`ted (?), a.
1. Having convolutions.

beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's
horn.

Pennant.

2. Folded in tortuous windings.

A highly convoluted brain.

North Amer. Rev.

Con`vo*lu"tion (?), n.
1. The act of rolling anything upon itself,
or one thing upon another; a winding motion.

O'er the calm sea, in convolution
swift,

The feathered eddy floats.


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