(in revolt)
61revolt — 1. verb 1) the people revolted Syn: rebel, rise up, take to the streets, riot, mutiny 2) the smell revolted him Syn: disgust, sicken, nauseate, turn someone s stomach, put off …
62revolt — [rɪˈvəʊlt] verb I 1) [I] to try to remove the government of your country by using force 2) [I] to say that you will not accept someone s authority 3) [T] if someone or something revolts you, they are so unpleasant that you feel slightly ill Syn:… …
63revolt — [16] Latin volvere meant ‘roll’ (it is the source of English vault ‘jump’). Addition of the prefix re ‘back’ produced revolvere ‘roll back, unroll’, hence ‘come to the original point, return, revolve’. English acquired this as revolve [14], and… …
64revolt — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a rise in rebellion against authority. b (as revolted adj.) having revolted. 2 a tr. (often in passive) affect with strong disgust; nauseate (was revolted by the thought of it). b intr. (often foll. by at, against) feel strong… …
65Nika Revolt — Revolt of 11 19 January 532 that nearly overthrew Justinian I (q.v.). Before it was suppressed, the rioters (whose watchword was Nika, meaning Conquer! ) had burned down Hagia Sophia (q.v.), the Church of St. Irene, the baths of Zeuxippus, the …
66revolt — I. verb Etymology: Middle French revolter, from Old Italian rivoltare to overthrow, from Vulgar Latin *revolvitare, frequentative of Latin revolvere to revolve, roll back Date: 1539 intransitive verb 1. to renounce allegiance or subjection (as to …
67revolt — re|volt Mot Agut Nom masculí …
68revolt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. uprising, rebellion, insurgence, insurrection, mutiny, sedition; demonstration. See disobedience, revolution. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. uprising, mutiny, sedition; see revolution 2 . v. 1. [To rebel]… …
69revolt — re·volt || rɪ vəʊlt n. rebellion, uprising, insurrection; act of protest v. rebel, rise up against authority; shock, cause disgust; be shocked, feel disgusted …
70revolt v — In the movie, Chicken Run, there is a scene near the end when the chickens are about to make their big escape that contains a hilarious pun. Mr. Tweety stumbles on the the chickens making a getaway plane and so they do the unthinkable for… …
