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revolt
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, itself either from ri- with the verb voltare, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *revolt?re < *revolvit?re, for *revol?t?re, frequentative of Latin revolv? (“roll back”) (through its past participle revol?tus).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???vo?lt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???v??lt/
- (UK) IPA(key): /???v?lt/
- Rhymes: -??lt
- Hyphenation: re?volt
Verb
revolt (third-person singular simple present revolts, present participle revolting, simple past and past participle revolted)
- To rebel, particularly against authority.
- To repel greatly.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
- This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds.
- 1870, John Morley, Condorcet (published in the Fortnightly Review
- To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creature revolted his conscience and offended his reason.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
- To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
- (intransitive) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.
- To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
- 1886, John Morley, The Life of Turgot
- His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.
- 1886, John Morley, The Life of Turgot
Translations
Noun
revolt (countable and uncountable, plural revolts)
- An act of revolt.
- Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion
Translations
Related terms
- revolting
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from French révolte.
Noun
rèvolt m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- revolt
Declension
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uprising
English
Noun
uprising (plural uprisings)
- A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.
Translations
Verb
uprising
- present participle of uprise
Anagrams
- rising up
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