rare. [f. prec. The stress varies.]
1. intr. To bow or bend convexly; to present a convex side to or toward.
1805. Ld. Collingwood, in A. Duncan, Nelson (1806), 263. It formed a crescent, convexing to leeward.
1853. Sir H. Douglas, Mil. Bridges, 148. The island … convexing, towards Entzersdorf and Essling, in a large, regular curve.
2. trans. To make convex; to bow or bend (anything) outwards.
1865. Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., XV. ix. Must be imperceptibly convexed a little.
