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CONVOCATE
Etymology
Verb
convocate (third-person singular simple present convocates, present participle convocating, simple past and past participle convocated)
(obsolete, transitive) To convoke; to call together.
Source: Wiktionary
Con"vo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convocated; p.pr. & vb.n. Convocating.] Etym: [L. convocatus, p.p. of convocare to convocate; con- + vocare to call. See Vocal, and cf. Convoce.]
Definition: To convoke; to call together. [Obs.] May (Lucan).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CONVULSIVE
(adjective) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; āconvulsive motionsā; āhis body made a spasmodic jerkā; āspastic movementsā
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