revolt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: revolt	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for revolt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revolt n organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another Synonym(s): rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising v make revolution; "The people revolted when bread prices tripled again" fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" Synonym(s): disgust, gross out, revolt, repel cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" Synonym(s): disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revolt \Revolt"\, n. [F. r[82]volte, It. rivolta, fr. rivolto, p. p. fr. L. revolvere, revolutum. See {Revolve}.] 1. 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. Who first seduced them to that foul revolt? --Milton. 2. A revolter. [Obs.] [bd]Ingrate revolts.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Insurrection; sedition; rebellion; mutiny. See {Insurrection}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revolt \Revolt"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Revolted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Revolting}.] [Cf. F. r[82]voller, It. rivoltare. See {Revolt}, n.] 1. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence. But this got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt* when trith would set them free. --Milton. HIs clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time. --J. Morley. 2. 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. Our discontented counties do revolt. --Shak. Plant those that have revolted in the van. --Shak. 3. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revolt \Revolt"\, v. t. 1. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt* the feelings. This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds. --Burke. To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creatuure revolted his conscience and offended his reason. --J. Morley.