revolt.
To rebel, particularly against authority.
Meaning & usage
To rebel, particularly against authority.
The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved.
To repel greatly.
Your brother revolts me!
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 cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
to perform a revolution in Tycoon, reversing the card hierarchy
Where this word comes from
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). Compare typologically Russian переворо́т (perevorót) (akin to верте́ть (vertétʹ).
An act of revolting.
— It's a revolt? — No, Sire, it's a revolution...
Where this word comes from
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). Compare typologically Russian переворо́т (perevorót) (akin to верте́ть (vertétʹ).
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