REVOLT
\ɹɪvˈə͡ʊlt], \ɹɪvˈəʊlt], \ɹ_ɪ_v_ˈəʊ_l_t]\
Definitions of REVOLT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
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cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"
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fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me"
By Princeton University
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organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
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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.
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To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
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To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings.
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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.
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A revolter.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
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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.
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To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
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To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings.
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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.
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A revolter.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To renounce allegiance: to be grossly offended.
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To cause to rise in revolt: to shock.
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A rebellion.
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REVOLTER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Desertion; renunciation of allegiance; rebellion; insurrection; gross departure from duty.
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To shock; to do violence to.
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To renounce allegiance; to feel disgust.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To fall off or turn from one to another; to renounce allegiance to a sovereign or a state; to shock; to cause to turn away from with abhorrence or disgust.
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A change of sides; insurrection; rebellion.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Act of revolting: desertion; dereliction; departure from duty; especially renunciation of allegiance and subjection to one’s prince or government; sedition; rebellion: mutiny.
