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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REVOLT', v.i. [L. revolvo; re and volvo, to turn. Eng. wallow.]
1. To fall off or turn from one to another.
2. To renounce allegiance and subjection to one's prince or state; to reject the authority of a sovereign; as a province or a number of people. It is not applied to individuals.
The Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah.
2 Chronicles 21.
3. To change. [Not in use.]
4. In Scripture, to disclaim allegiance and subjection to God; to reject the government of the King of kings. Isaiah 31.
REVOLT', v.t.
1. To turn; to put to flight; to overturn.
2. To shock; to do violence to; to cause to shrink or turn away with abhorrence; as, to revolt the mind or the feelings.
Their honest pride of their purer religion had revolted the Babylonians.
REVOLT', n.
1. Desertion; change of sides; more correctly, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to one's prince or government; as the revolt of a province of the Roman empire.
2. Gross departure from duty.
3. In Scripture, a rejection of divine government; departure from God; disobedience. Isaiah 59.
4. A revolter. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another [syn: rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising] v
1: make revolution; "The people revolted when bread prices tripled again"
2: fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" [syn: disgust, gross out, revolt, repel]
3: cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" [syn: disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle French revolter, from Old Italian rivoltare to overthrow, from Vulgar Latin *revolvitare, frequentative of Latin revolvere to revolve, roll back Date: 1539 intransitive verb 1. to renounce allegiance or subjection (as to a government) ; rebel 2. a. to experience disgust or shock b. to turn away with disgust transitive verb to cause to turn away or shrink with disgust or abhorrence • revolter noun II. noun Date: 1560 1. a renouncing of allegiance (as to a government or party); especially a determined armed uprising 2. a movement or expression of vigorous dissent Synonyms: see rebellion

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a rise in rebellion against authority. b (as revolted adj.) having revolted. 2 a tr. (often in passive) affect with strong disgust; nauseate (was revolted by the thought of it). b intr. (often foll. by at, against) feel strong disgust. --n. 1 an act of rebelling. 2 a state of insurrection (in revolt). 3 a sense of loathing. 4 a mood of protest or defiance. Etymology: F révolter f. It. rivoltare ult. f. L revolvere (as REVOLVE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(revolts, revolting, revolted) 1. A revolt is an illegal and often violent attempt by a group of people to change their country's political system. It was undeniably a revolt by ordinary people against their leaders... = rebellion N-VAR 2. When people revolt, they make an illegal and often violent attempt to change their country's political system. In 1375 the townspeople revolted... VERB: V 3. A revolt by a person or group against someone or something is a refusal to accept the authority of that person or thing. The prime minister is facing a revolt by party activists over his refusal to hold a referendum... = rebellion N-VAR 4. When people revolt against someone or something, they reject the authority of that person or reject that thing. The prime minister only reacted when three of his senior cabinet colleagues revolted and resigned in protest on Friday night... Caroline revolted against her ballet training at sixteen. = rebel VERB: V, V against n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. 1. Desert, fall off. 2. Rebel, mutiny, rise, renounce allegiance. II. v. a. Repel, shock, do violence to, disgust, nauseate, sicken. III. n. 1. Desertion, inconstancy, faithlessness, change of sides, defection. 2. Rebellion, insurrection, mutiny, sedition, uprising.

Moby Thesaurus

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