revolt
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, itself either from ri- with the verb voltare, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *revoltāre < *revolvitāre, for *revolūtāre, frequentative of Latin revolvō (“roll back”) (through its past participle revolūtus).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) enPR: rĭ-vōltʹ, IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvoʊlt/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĭ-vōltʹ, IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvəʊlt/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvɒlt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊlt
- Hyphenation: re‧volt
Verb[edit]
revolt (third-person singular simple present revolts, present participle revolting, simple past and past participle revolted)
- To rebel, particularly against authority.
- The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved.
- c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 18, column 1:
- Our diſcontented Counties doe reuolt
- To repel greatly.
- Your brother revolts me!
- 1796–1797, Edmund Burke, “Letters on a Regicide Peace, Continued from Vol. VIII. Letter IV. To the Earl Fitzwilliam.”, in [Walker King], editor, The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, new edition, volume IX, London: […] [R. Gilbert] for C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], published 1826, →OCLC, page 118:
- I shall be told, that 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.
- To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 567:
- The foring clouds into fad fhowres y molt; / So to her yold the flames, and did their force reuolt.
- (intransitive) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.
- The stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.
- To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
- 1673, John Milton, “[Sonnet] XII. On the Same [Tetrachordon].”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], →OCLC, page 57:
- And ſtill revolt when truth would ſet them free.
- 1886, John Morley, The Life of Turgot:
- His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of revolt
infinitive | (to) revolt | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | revolt | revolted | |
2nd-person singular | revolt, revoltest† | revolted, revoltedst† | |
3rd-person singular | revolts, revolteth† | revolted | |
plural | revolt | ||
subjunctive | revolt | revolted | |
imperative | revolt | — | |
participles | revolting | revolted |
Translations[edit]
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to greatly repel
Noun[edit]
revolt (countable and uncountable, plural revolts)
- An act of revolting.
- Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
act of revolting
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From older revoldre, from Latin revolūtus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
revolt m (plural revolts)
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
revolt (feminine revolta, masculine plural revolts, feminine plural revoltes)
- disordered, agitated
- Synonym: desordenat
Further reading[edit]
- “revolt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “revolt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “revolt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
rèvolt m (Cyrillic spelling рѐволт)
Declension[edit]
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