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re⋅volt
[ri-vohlt]
–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 fol. by from): He revolts from eating meat. |
| 3. | to rebel in feeling (usually fol. by against): to revolt against parental authority. |
| 4. | to feel horror or aversion (usually fol. 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. |
–noun
| 6. | the act of revolting; an insurrection or rebellion. |
| 7. | an expression or movement of spirited protest or dissent: a voter revolt at the polls. |
Origin:
1540–50; (v.) < MF revolter < It rivoltare to turn around < VL *revolvitāre, freq. of L revolvere to roll back, unroll, revolve; (n.) < F révolte < It rivolta, deriv. of rivoltare
1540–50; (v.) < MF revolter < It rivoltare to turn around < VL *revolvitāre, freq. of L revolvere to roll back, unroll, revolve; (n.) < F révolte < It rivolta, deriv. of rivoltare

Related forms:
re⋅volt⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
6. uprising, disorder, putsch.
6. uprising, disorder, putsch.
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re·volt (rĭ-vōlt') v. re·volt·ed, re·volt·ing, re·volts v. intr.
To fill with disgust or abhorrence; repel. See Synonyms at disgust. n.
[French revolter, from Italian rivoltare, to turn round, from Vulgar Latin *revolvitāre, frequentative of Latin revolvere, to turn over; see revolve.] re·volt'er n. |
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Revolt
Re*volt"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolting.] [Cf. F. r['e]voller, It. rivoltare. See Revolt, n.]1. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence. But this got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when trith would set them free. --Milton. HIs clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time. --J. Morley. 2. Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel. Our discontented counties do revolt. --Shak. Plant those that have revolted in the van. --Shak. 3. To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.Revolt
Re*volt"\, v. t. 1. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings. This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds. --Burke. To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creatuure revolted his conscience and offended his reason. --J. Morley.Revolt
Re*volt"\, n. [F. r['e]volte, It. rivolta, fr. rivolto, p. p. fr. L. revolvere, revolutum. See Revolve.]1. The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire. Who first seduced them to that foul revolt? --Milton. 2. A revolter. [Obs.] "Ingrate revolts." --Shak. Syn: Insurrection; sedition; rebellion; mutiny. See Insurrection.
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Language Translation for : revolt
Spanish:
rebelarse, *sublevarse,
German:
revoltieren,
Japanese:
反乱する
revolt
1548, 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 1560. Revolting is 1593, originally subjective; objective sense of "repulsive" is first recorded 1806.
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