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Revolve
Definitions
- 1 The rotation of part of the scenery within a theatrical production.
- 2 The rotating section itself.
"[…] a revolving stage, two-level platforms stage left and stage right, and a large bridge that connected the platforms midstage, twelve feet up off the revolve."
- 3 A radical change; revolution. obsolete
- 1 To bring back into a particular place or condition; to restore. archaic, transitive
- 2 cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis wordnet
- 3 To cause (something) to turn around a central point. transitive
- 4 move in an orbit wordnet
- 5 To orbit a central point (especially of a celestial body). intransitive
"The Earth revolves around the sun."
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- 6 turn on or around an axis or a center wordnet
- 7 To rotate around an axis. intransitive
"The Earth revolves once every twenty-four hours."
- 8 To move in order or sequence. intransitive
"The program revolves through all the queues before returning to the start."
- 9 To ponder on; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of. archaic, transitive
"These are the difficulties which arise to me on revolving this scheme […]."
- 10 To read through, to study (a book, author etc.). obsolete, transitive
"This having heard, strait I again revolv’d / The Law and Prophets."
Etymology
From Middle English revolven (“to change direction”), borrowed from Old French revolver (“to reflect upon”), from Latin revolvere (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back”) + volvō (“roll”); see voluble, volve.
From Middle English revolven (“to change direction”), borrowed from Old French revolver (“to reflect upon”), from Latin revolvere (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back”) + volvō (“roll”); see voluble, volve.
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