rare. [f. the vb., or after a L. type *convulsus (u stem).] = CONVULSION.
1820. Keats, Hyperion, III. 129. Liker still to one who should take leave Of pale immortal death, and … with fierce convulse Die into life.
a. 1845. Hood, Jack Hall, xxxiv. Nor vultures sniff’d so far away A last convulse.
