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Revolt

//ɹɪˈvoʊlt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
An act of revolting. countable, uncountable
"— It's a revolt? — No, Sire, it's a revolution..."
2
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another wordnet

Verb

1
To rebel, particularly against authority. intransitive
"The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved."
2
cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of wordnet
3
To repel greatly. transitive
"Your brother revolts me!"
4
fill with distaste wordnet
5
To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at. intransitive
"The stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty."

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make revolution wordnet
7
To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
"The foring clouds into fad fhowres y molt; / So to her yold the flames, and did their force reuolt."
8
To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
"And ſtill revolt when truth would ſet them free."
9
to perform a revolution in Tycoon, reversing the card hierarchy

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, itself either from ri- with the verb voltare, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *revoltāre < *revolvitāre, for *revolūtāre, frequentative of Latin revolvō (“roll back”) (through its past participle revolūtus). Compare typologically Russian переворо́т (perevorót) (akin to верте́ть (vertétʹ).

Etymology 2

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