revolt
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verb (used without object)
1.
to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny: to revolt against the present government.
2.
to turn away in mental rebellion, utter disgust, or abhorrence (usually followed by from ): He revolts from eating meat.
3.
to rebel in feeling (usually followed by against ): to revolt against parental authority.
4.
to feel horror or aversion (usually followed by at ): to revolt at the sight of blood.
verb (used with object)
5.
to affect with disgust or abhorrence: Such low behavior revolts me.
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Origin:
1540–50; (v.) < Middle French revolter < Italian rivoltare to turn around < Vulgar Latin *revolvitāre, frequentative of Latin revolvere to roll back, unroll, revolve; (noun) < French révolte < Italian rivolta, derivative of rivoltare
1540–50; (v.) < Middle French revolter < Italian rivoltare to turn around < Vulgar Latin *revolvitāre, frequentative of Latin revolvere to roll back, unroll, revolve; (noun) < French révolte < Italian rivolta, derivative of rivoltare
Related forms
re·volt·er, noun
un·re·volt·ed, adjective
Synonyms
6. uprising, disorder, putsch.
6. uprising, disorder, putsch.
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revolt (rɪˈvəʊlt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a rebellion or uprising against authority |
| 2. | in revolt in the process or state of rebelling |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (intr) to rise up in rebellion against authority |
| 4. | (usually passive) to feel or cause to feel revulsion, disgust, or abhorrence |
| [C16: from French révolter to revolt, from Old Italian rivoltare to overturn, ultimately from Latin revolvere to roll back, | |
| re'volter | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
revolt
1540s, from M.Fr. revolter, from It. rivoltare "to overthrow, overturn," from V.L. *revolvitare "to overturn, overthrow," frequentative of L. revolvere (pp. revolutus) "turn, roll back" (see revolve). The noun is from 1550s. Revolting is 1590s, originally subjective; objective
sense of "repulsive" is first recorded 1806.
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Example sentences
If there were economic causes of that revolt, they probably had a long gestation.
The revolt by the five kulak volost's must be suppressed without mercy.
These successes in the various departments of intellectual activity were all due to an instinctive revolt against colonialism.
The catalysts for revolt are common: restricted liberties, rising food costs, and high unemployment.
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