revolt

i. & t. [Fr. révolter, from révolte revolt (q. v.); O. Ital. revolt are; Ital. rivoltare.] A. Intransitive: 1. To fall off, or turn from one to another; to desert one side and go over to the other. "The king is merciful if you revolt." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. II ., iv. 2. 3454 *rěv'-ol-u-ble, adj . [Latin revolubilis , from revolvo to revolve (q. v.).] Capable of revolving; revolving. "Us, then, to whom the thrice three year Has filled his revoluble orbs, since our arrival here I blame not to wish home much more." Chapman: Homer's Iliad, ii. rěv-o-lûte, adj . [Latin revolutus , pa. par. of revolvo =to revolve (q. v.).] I. Ord. Lang.: Rolled or curled backward or downward. II. Technically : 1. Bot .: Rolled back, as certain tendrils; spec if., having the edges rolled backward spirally on each side, as in the leaf of the Rosemary, . 2. Zool.: Rolled backward or downward. rěv-o-lu-tion, *rev-o-lu-ci-on, subst . [French révolution, from Lat. revolutionem , acc us. of revo lutio , from revolutus , past particip. of revolvo =to revolve (q. v.); Sp. revolucion ; Italian revoluzione , rivo luz i one .] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The act or state of revolving or rotating; rotation; the circular motion of a body on its axis; a course or motion in which every point on the surface or periphery of the revolving body returns to the place from which it began to revolve. 2. The act or state of moving in a circular course; the motion of a body around a center; as, the revo lution of the earth around the sun. 3. Hence, the course or motion of anything which returns to the same state or point; as, the revolution of the seasons. *4. A rolling or other motion backward. 5. A continued course, or a space of time marked by a regular recurrence of some measure of time, or by a succe ion of similar events. 7. A total or radical change of circumstances or things. "Heaven has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate." Dryden: Absalom and Achitophel , i. 253. 8. Specif., a fundamental change in government, or in the political constitution of a country, effected suddenly and violently, and mainly brought about by internal causes; a revolt against the constituted authority succe fully and completely accomplished. "And yet this revolution, of all revolutions the least violent, has been of all revolutions the most beneficial." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. x. In most revolutions there are three turns of *3. To be faithle . Daniel: Civil Wars, i. "You are already love's firm votary, And cannot soon revolt and change your mind." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen of Verona , iii. 2. extreme disgust. B. Transitive : 1. To repel; to cause to shrink with disgust or abhorrence; to disgust. "I found it was this that most revolted him."- Warbur ton: Reflections, pt. i. *2. To turn or roll back; to abate. "So to her yold the flames, and did their force revolt." Spenser: F. Q., III. xi. 25. *3. To put to flight; to turn, to overturn. re-volt, subst . [Fr. révolte , from O. Ital. revolt a (Ital. rivolta )=a revolt, properly fem. of revolto , pa. par. of revolvere to revolve, to turn, to overwhelm.] [REVOLVE.] 1. The act of revolting; a turning or falling away from one side to another; desertion; change of sides; inconstancy; faithle ne ; a gro depart IMG:content-0584.png:[blocks in formation] II. Technically: 1. Astronomy: (1) The motion of a planet around the sun, or of a satellite around a planet. The point to which it returns is called annual, anomalistic, nodical, sidereal, or tropical, according as it has a relation to the year, the anomaly, the nodes, the stars, or the tropics. (2) [ROTATION.] 2. Geom.: When one line moves about a straight line, called the axis, in such a manner that every point of the moving line generates a circumference of a circle, whose plane is perpendicular to the axis, that motion is called revolution, and the sur face is called a surface of revolution. Every plane through the axis is called a meridian plane, and the section which this plane cuts from the surface is called a meridian curve. Every surface of revolution can be generated by revolving one of its meridian curves about the axis. The revolution of an ellipse round its axis generates an ellipsoid; the revolution of a semicircle round the diameter generates a sphere; such solids are called solids of revolution. (1) The Revolution : In this country this term is applied specifically to the American war for independence, which began in 1775 with the irregular running fight popularly known as the battle of Lexington, and practically ended with the surrender of re-vōlt-ing, pr. par. & a. [REVOLT, v.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Causing the feelings to revolt; causing extreme disgust or abhorrence. rě-vōlt-ing-lỹ, adv . [Eng. revolting ; -ly.] In a revolting manner or degree, so as to cause the feelings to revolt; disgustingly. combined forces of the French and Americans, in the year 1781. By this war the colonies succeeded in casting off the English authority and in erecting the government of the United States. (2) The English Revolution : That revolution in England by which James II. was driven from the throne in 1688. (3) The French Revolution : Specif., that political reaction against absolutism in 1789; the subsequent French Revolutions are known by their respective dates, as those of 1830, 1848, 1851, and 1870. IMG:content-0585.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Pertaining or relating to a revolution in gov. ernment; as, a revolutionary war. 2. Tending to produce a revolution in government; as, revolutionary measures. 3. Promoting or endeavoring to bring about a revolution. "Paris has been for a considerable time the chief refuge and shelter of revolutionary desperadoes."-London Daily Telegraph. B. As subst.: A revolutionist (q. v.). "A number of regiments had sided with the revolution . aries."-London Standard .