Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel.
- intransitive verb To oppose or refuse to accept something.
- intransitive verb To feel disgust or repugnance.
- intransitive verb To fill with disgust or abhorrence; repel. synonym: disgust.
- noun An uprising, especially against state authority; a rebellion.
- noun An act of protest or rejection.
- noun The state of a person or persons in rebellion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An uprising against government or authority; rebellion; insurrection; hence, any act of insubordination or disobedience.
- noun The act of turning away or going over to the opposite side; a change of sides; desertion.
- noun Inconstancy; faithlessness; fickleness, especially in love.
- noun A revolter.
- noun Synonyms Sedition, Rebellion, etc. See
insurrection . - To turn away; turn aside from a former cause or undertaking; fall off; change sides; go over to the opposite party; desert.
- To break away from established authority; renounce allegiance and subjection; rise against a government in open rebellion; rebel; mutiny.
- To prove faithless or inconstant, especially in love.
- To turn away in horror or disgust; be repelled or shocked.
- To roll back; turn back.
- To turn away from allegiance; cause to rebel.
- To repel; shock; cause to turn away in abhorrence or disgust.
- Synonyms To disgust, sicken, nauseate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
- transitive verb To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock.
- noun The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion.
- noun obsolete A revolter.
- intransitive verb To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
- intransitive verb 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.
- intransitive verb To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
rebel , particularly against authority. - verb To greatly
repel . - noun an act of revolt
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
- noun organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
- verb make revolution
- verb fill with distaste
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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III (213,7) [for the revolt of mine is dangerous] I suppose we may read, _the revolt_ of men.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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Progressives are to be differentiated from the libertarian in revolt, which is the traditional, temporary leftist.
Milton Friedman Day, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Sportsmen in this state have been pushed to the limit, and a revolt is about to take place.
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Sportsmen in this state have been pushed to the limit, and a revolt is about to take place.
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He had in his spirit the classical outline of music, with nothing directly revolutionary, no sign of what we call revolt other than the strict adherence to personal relationship, no other prejudice than the artist's reaction against all that is not really refined to art, with but one consuming ardor, and that to render with extreme tranquillity everything delicate and lovely in passing things.
Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Marsden Hartley
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The president adds, that this revolt is the more inexcusable, as his administration has always been gentle and moderate; that he has economized the public treasure, respected the laws, and that citizens of whatever opinion had always enjoyed perfect tranquillity under his rule – that constitutional reforms were about being realized, as well as the hopes of forming by them a bond of union beween all Mexicans.
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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How much more oppression will this country take before it does rise up in revolt as is our right under the Constitution?
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How much more oppression will this country take before it does rise up in revolt as is our right under the Constitution?
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VA needs to send a message that the Indies are in revolt against Gleischaltung.
What men may do, we have done. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Every little while, however, one dog or another would flame up in revolt and be promptly subdued.
The Covenant 2010
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