per-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to roll or tumble about (syn. voluto).
I Lit.: aliquem in luto, Ter. And. 777.—Mid., to roll one's self , to roll : in suo pervoluta sanguine, weltering , Ap. Met. 8, 14, 4.—
B Transf., to turn over a book, to read : Smyrnam incana diu saecula pervoluent, Cat. 95, 6.—
II Trop., to be very busy or much engaged in any thing: ut in iis locis pervolvatur animus, Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 149.