Bible Dictionaries
Convulse

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain.

(2):

(v. t.) To agitate greatly; to shake violently.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Convulse'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/convulse.html. 1828.