Definition of "revolt"

revolt

/ɹɪˈvoʊlt/

verb
third-person singular simple present revolts, present participle revolting, simple past and past participle revolted
1. To rebel, particularly against authority.
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  Our diſcontented Counties doe reuolt
  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, [Act V, scene i], page 18, column 1
2. To repel greatly.
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  I shall be told, that this abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds.
  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, page 118
  To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creature revolted his conscience and offended his reason.
  1870, John Morley, Condorcet (published in the Fortnightly Review
3. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
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  The foring clouds into fad fhowres y molt; / So to her yold the flames, and did their force reuolt.
  1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, page 567
4. (intransitive) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.
5. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
  Quotations
  And ſtill revolt when truth would ſet them free.
  1673, John Milton, “[Sonnet] XII. On the Same [Tetrachordon].”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], page 57
  His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.
  1886, John Morley, The Life of Turgot
noun
countable and uncountable, plural revolts
1. An act of revolting.

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