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revolt

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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.
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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

Related forms:
re⋅volt⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
6. uprising, disorder, putsch.
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re·volt   (rĭ-vōlt')   
v.   re·volt·ed, re·volt·ing, re·volts

v.   intr.

  1. To attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel.

  2. To oppose or refuse to accept something: revolting against high taxes.

    1. To feel disgust or repugnance: to revolt at a public display of cruelty.

    2. To turn away in revulsion or abhorrence: They revolted from the sight.

v.   tr.
To fill with disgust or abhorrence; repel. See Synonyms at disgust.
n.  

  1. An uprising, especially against state authority; a rebellion.

  2. An act of protest or rejection.

  3. The state of a person or persons in rebellion: students in revolt over administrative policies.


[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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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