Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-VOKE', v.t. [L. convoco; Fr. convoquer. See Voice.]

To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons. It is the prerogative of the president of the United States to convoke the senate.

CON-VOK'ED, pp.

Summoned or assembled by order.

CON-VOK'ING, ppr.

Summoning to convene; assembling.

CON'VO-LUTE, or CON'VO-LU-TED, a.

Rolled together, or one part on another; as the sides or margins of nascent leaves in plants, or as the petals and stigmas in Crocus. – Martyn. Lee.

CON-VO-LU'TION, n. [L. convolutio.]

1. The act of rolling or winding together, or one thing on another; the state of being rolled together.
2. A winding or twisting; a winding motion; as, the convolution of certain vines; the convolution of an eddy. – Thomson.

CON-VOLVE, v.t. [convolv'; L. convolvo; con and volvo, to roll. See Wallow.]

To roll or wind together; to roll one part on another.

CON-VOLV'ED, pp.

Rolled together.

CON-VOLV'ING, ppr.

Rolling or winding together.

CON-VOLV'U-LUS, n. [L. from convolvo.]

Bindweed, a genus of plants of many species.

CON'VOY, n.

1. A protecting force accompanying ships or property on their way from place to place, either by sea or land. By sea, a ship or ships of war which accompany merchantmen for protection from an enemy. By land, any body of troops which accompany provisions, ammunition or other property for protection.
2. The ship or fleet conducted and protected; that which is conducted by a protecting force; that which is convoyed. The word sometimes includes both the protecting and protected fleets. – Admiralty Reports. Anderson. Burchett. Encyc. State Papers.
3. The act of attending for defense. – Shak. Milton.
4. Conveyance. [Obs.] – Shak.

CON-VOY', v.t. [Fr. convoyer; It. conviare; Sp. convoyar; Port. comboyar; con and voie, via, way, or the same root; or more directly from the root of L. veho, to carry, Sax. wægan, wegan, to bear or carry, to bring along.]

To accompany on the way for protection, either by sea or land; as, ships of war convoyed the Jamaica fleet; the troops convoyed the baggage wagons. When persons are to be protected, the word escort is used.

CON-VOY'ED, pp.

Attended on a passage by a protecting force.

CON-VOY'ING, ppr.

Attending on a voyage or passage, for defense from enemies; attending and guarding.

CON-VULSE', v.t. [convuls'; L. convello, convulsum, convulsus; con and vello, to pull or pluck.]

1. To draw or contract, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to affect by irregular spasms; as, the whole frame may be convulsed by agony.
2. To shake; to affect by violent irregular action. Convulsing heaven and earth. – Thomson.

CON-VULS'ED, pp.

Contracted by spasms; shaken violently.

CON-VULS'ING, ppr.

Affecting by spasmodic contractions; shaking with violence.

CON-VUL'SION, n. [L. convulsio.]

1. A preternatural, violent and involuntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body. Encyc.
2. Any violent and irregular motion; tumult; commotion; as, political convulsions.

CON-VUL'SION-A-RY, a.

Pertaining to convulsion.

CON-VUL'SIVE, a.

1. That produces convulsion; as, convulsive rage; convulsive sorrow. – Dryden. Prior.
2. Attended with convulsion or spasms; as, convulsive motions; convulsive strife. – Dryden. Hale.

CON-VUL'SIVE-LY, adv.

With violent shaking or agitation.

CO'NY, n. [D. konyn; G. kanin; Sw. kanin; Dan. kanine; Fr. conin or conil; L. cuniculus; It. coniglio; Sp. conejo; Ir. cuinin; W. cwning. The primary sense is a shoot, or a shooting along.]

A rabbit; a quadruped of the genus Lepus, which has a short tail and naked ears. In a wild state the fur is brown, but the color of the domestic rabbit is various.

CO'NY-BUR-ROW, n.

A place where rabbits burrow in the earth.

CO'NY-CATCH, v.i. [cony and catch.]

In the cant of thieves, to cheat; to bite; to trick. – Shak.

CO'NY-CATCH-ER, n.

A thief; a cheat; a sharper. [Obs.]

CO'NY-CATCH-ING, n.

Banter. [Obs.] – Shak.