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Meanings of convolute in English

Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive.

        Curl, wind, or twist together.

              Rolled longitudinally upon itself.

                    Convolute.

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                            Usage of convolute in English
                            1
                            When the wind blows straight against a sail, certain eddies are produced which cause a convolute stream around its edges.
                            The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns
                            2
                            The term actually stands for "Korean Augmentees to the U.S. Army" -more proof that the military can convolute anything into an acronym.
                            Mortal Allies
                            3
                            Will make clear everything I have convoluted with my memory and my coldness.
                            Within arm's reach
                            4
                            It was typically convoluted-Marywas good at convoluting-butshe was also very sensible and practical.
                            An impartial witness: a bess crawford mystery
                            5
                            The spectacle of the legal procedure showed how a literate practice ended up convoluting justice.
                            The Civilization of Illiteracy
                            6
                            But the shadows that convoluted the secret hour weren't cast by mountain peaks or water towers.
                            Touching darkness
                            7
                            An intelligence agent's actions should be convoluted, but his motivations should always be crystal clear and simple.
                            Shift
                            8
                            The suave head clerk convoluted in sympathy with the financial disaster, now the theme of the wildest gossip.
                            The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
                            9
                            They were in Sheck, under the brick of Outer Crow Station, where he had tracked the convolutes of paint.
                            Iron Council
                            10
                            For some, that narrow definition of masculinity seems to have also convoluted what it means to be a Morehouse brother.
                            Ebony
                            11
                            At times he convoluted aerial designs and free ideas with his hammer, spending it aloft on matters superior to boots.
                            London River
                            12
                            "But the saddle point in the imaginary plane should convolute here".
                            Ghosts of Onyx
                            13
                            Convoluted and stylised "institution speak" is limiting people's access to public services, the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner has warned.
                            The Irish Times
                            14
                            The world expands and convolutes around me, a monster that's been sleeping all this time, finally awoken and ravenous to feed.
                            Origin
                            15
                            Night brought new light, elyctro-barometric tubes of glowing gas, glass in convolutes, made to spell out names and words or sketch pictures in outline.
                            Iron Council
                            16
                            The notice, issued by the MEC for Education in the Western Cape, Debbie Schäfer, has added further complexities to an already-convoluted back to school plan.
                            The South African
                            Convolute through the time