Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to convulse
Participle: convulsed
Gerund: convulsing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | convulse |
| you | convulse |
| he;she;it | convulses |
| we | convulse |
| you | convulse |
| they | convulse |
Perfect
| I | have convulsed |
| you | have convulsed |
| he;she;it | has convulsed |
| we | have convulsed |
| you | have convulsed |
| they | have convulsed |
Past
| I | convulsed |
| you | convulsed |
| he;she;it | convulsed |
| we | convulsed |
| you | convulsed |
| they | convulsed |
Pluperfect
| I | had convulsed |
| you | had convulsed |
| he;she;it | had convulsed |
| we | had convulsed |
| you | had convulsed |
| they | had convulsed |
Future
| I | will convulse |
| you | will convulse |
| he;she;it | will convulse |
| we | will convulse |
| you | will convulse |
| they | will convulse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have convulsed |
| you | will have convulsed |
| he;she;it | will have convulsed |
| we | will have convulsed |
| you | will have convulsed |
| they | will have convulsed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | convulse |
| you | convulse |
| he;she;it | convulse |
| we | convulse |
| you | convulse |
| they | convulse |
Perfect
| I | have convulsed |
| you | have convulsed |
| he;she;it | have convulsed |
| we | have convulsed |
| you | have convulsed |
| they | have convulsed |
Imperfect
| I | convulsed |
| you | convulsed |
| he;she;it | convulsed |
| we | convulsed |
| you | convulsed |
| they | convulsed |
Pluperfect
| I | had convulsed |
| you | had convulsed |
| he;she;it | had convulsed |
| we | had convulsed |
| you | had convulsed |
| they | had convulsed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would convulse |
| you | would convulse |
| he;she;it | would convulse |
| we | would convulse |
| you | would convulse |
| they | would convulse |
Perfect
| I | would have convulsed |
| you | would have convulsed |
| he;she;it | would have convulsed |
| we | would have convulsed |
| you | would have convulsed |
| they | would have convulsed |
Imperative
| you | convulse |
| we | Let's convulse |
| you | convulse |
Verbs conjugated like 'convulse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'convulse'
compulse,
confuse,
contuse,
converse,
convolve,
avulse,
cannulise,
coevolve,
concise,
concuss,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin convulsus, past participle of convellere (“to pluck up, dislocate, convulse”), from com- (“together”) + vellere (“to pluck, pull”). Doublet of convel.
Sample Sentences
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[...] their profession,—there to be subjected to brutal exposure and shameful correction. She had _known_ it before; but hitherto she had never realized it, till she saw the slender form of Rosa almost convulsed with distress. All the honest blood of womanhood, the strong New England blood of liberty, flushed to her cheeks, and throbbed bitterly in her indignant heart; but, with habitual prudence and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] conflict. To that mission its stern, inflexible, energetic elements, were well adapted; but, as a Christian, I look for another era to arise. On its borders I trust we stand; and the throes that now convulse the nations are, to my hope, but the birth-pangs of an hour of universal peace and brotherhood.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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This is an age of the world when nations are trembling and convulsed. A mighty influence is abroad, surging and heaving the world, as with an earthquake. And is America safe ? Every nation that carries in its bosom great and unredressed injustice has in it the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)