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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convulsive \Con*vul"sive\, a. [Cf. F. convulsif.]
Producing, or attended with convulsions or spasms;
characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.
An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to
throw off an irregular, convulsive disease. --Burke.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
convulsive
adj 1: affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions;
resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body
made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements" [syn: {spasmodic},
{spastic}]
2: resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent; "a
convulsive rage"; "convulsive laughter"
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