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English Dictionary: Crumpling by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Crumple \Crum"ple\ (kr[ucr]m"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Crumpled} (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumpling} (-pl?ng).]
      [Dim. fr. crump, a.]
      To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together;
      to rumple; as, to crumple paper.
  
               They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently
               scanned every wrinkle that could be made. --Addison.
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