revoltn.1
/rᵻˈvəʊlt/, U.S. /rəˈvoʊlt/, /riˈvoʊlt/ 1. Frequently with against or (now rarely) from.
a. An act of renouncing allegiance to established authority, esp. through collective armed rebellion; an insurrection, an uprising.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > an insurrection
uparisingc1325
rebelliona1382
risingc1390
risec1400
surrectionc1418
rebela1425
upsetc1425
insurrection1459
mutinewe?c1550
revolt1553
tumult1560
emotion1562
sedition1585
uprising1587
innovation1601
esmeute1652
turgency1660
émeute1782
outbreak1826
uprisal1871
upsurge1930
1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. vii. f. 133 For thei had not lost the battail at such time as the messengers were dispatched that brought the newes of their reuolt [L. tumultus].
1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. v. 109 Reuoltis hes bene ma nor fyftene.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 48 Whereby..the Empire [is] strengthened both against forraine inuasions, and reuolts of the subdued.
1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) Pref. 2 For there have been more Revolts, Defections, and Secesses made in Europe, than for many Centuries before.
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xx. vi, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 642 The authors of this revolt from the Roman government.
1795 G. Turnbull Narr. Revolt Grenada 6 The effusion of much blood was undoubtedly prevented, by Governor Seton's having received intelligence..some days before the revolt of the Carraibs broke out.
1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. 11 To engage the Macedonian towns in a revolt against their sovereign.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xvii. 75 William chose as his companions the men whose power he dreaded... In their absence revolts would be less to be feared.
1906 T. M. Lindsay Hist. Reformation I. iv. 96 They were rather the revolts..of men who had scanty legal rights or none at all.
1940 E. Wilson To Finland Station ii. vii. 164 The English workers would certainly demand their rights in a revolt that would make the French Revolution look gentle.
2001 Wall St. Jrnl. 26 Nov. a3/1 Taliban fighters..seized their captors' guns and staged a bloody revolt.
b. As a mass noun: action of this kind; rebellion.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > [noun] > casting off allegiance
defection1542
revoltc1595
defalcation1750
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxx. 38 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 116 Then we preseru'd thy name shall magnify Without reuolt.
1626 J. Fisher True Picture of D. White 133 in Answere Nine Points Controv. (new ed.) This most Diuine Doctour has insinuated the lawfullnes of reuolt & separation from all Christian Churches.
1700 R. Brady Contin. Compl. Hist. Eng. 297 The loss of Towns and small Countries in Aquitan, either by Force or Revolt.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xviii. 124 Treves, the seat of Prætorian government, gave the signal of revolt.
1801 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. II. 404/1 They fixed upon the 20th of May as the day of revolt.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. iv. vii. 158 An act of direct revolt, as prohibiting the payment of tribute.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 18 Jan. 2/1 The spirit of revolt not subjugate but gone underground.
1961 W. Brandon Indians iii. 76 Some peoples, theoretically subjugated, were in..a constant state of revolt.
1991 H. Gold Best Nightmare on Earth ii. 16 They were also..voodoo priests, summoning revolt with drums and fires.
2. A change of allegiance (to or from a friend, a party, a faith, etc.) or opinion. Now rare.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > change of sides or opinion
going-over1529
revoltc1576
flip-flop1890
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > desertion of one's party or principles
recreandisea1425
declining1526
declination1533
back-turning1535
defect1540
revoltc1576
falling off1577
apostasy1578
tergiversation1583
declension1597
recreancy1602
starting1602
recreantness1611
recession1614
turncoating1624
recreancea1632
diffidation1640
withdrawment1640
tergiversating1654
turning1665
ratting1789
renegadism1823
turncoatery1841
defection1884
turncoatism1889
c1576 T. Whythorne Autobiogr. (1961) 188 I konsidered with my self what shiuld be þe kawz of þis soden revolt and strainȝnes.
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxvi. 282 She did obserue his soone Reuolt from friend to friend.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xcii. sig. F4 Thou canst not vex me with inconstant minde, Since that my life on thy reuolt doth lie. View more context for this quotation
1640 Englands Complaint to Iesus Christ sig. C2 They doe this to secure all men against any Suspicion of revolt to Popery.
1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie Ded. sig. A2v 'Tis a revolt without occasion from your Party.
1744 Compl. View Birth of Pretender 102 To oblige our Princes to govern well, while they would apprehend the Danger of a Revolt to a Pretender.
1787 S. Walker Serm. on Pract. Subj. ix. 157 That they may not seem to have suffered any loss by your revolt from their party.
1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. xv. 465 As the reward of his revolt to the Pope, [he] had received the grant of the county of Lesina.
1906 J. T. Gray Kentucky Chron. xliii. 423 He was no longer Timon going to be entombed by the salt flood, but Coriolanus meditating a revolt to the Volscians.
3. An act of protest or defiance; a movement or expression of vigorous dissent; refusal to submit to established custom and practice.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > [noun] > rebellion against any authority > instance of on part of individual
revoltc1586
c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 27 At his [sc. the horse's] reuolts the rockis raird and dind.
a1596 G. Peele Loue King Dauid & Fair Bethsabe (1599) sig. Dj O prowd reuolt of a presumptious man, Laying his bridle in the necke of sin.
a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse v. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ppp2/2 'Tis in their wils, their mercies,..And these revolts in you shew meere rebellious.
1699 tr. C. de Saint-Evremond Arguments M. Herard 33 She has persisted in her revolt from the Authority of her Husband.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 135. ⁋4 We frequently see the Apostates turning from their Revolt toward the End of their Lives.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. xlix. 127 The images, the first cause of their [sc. the popes] revolt, were restored.
1844 R. W. Emerson New Eng. Reformers in Ess. 2nd Ser. 288 The revolt against the..inveterate abuses of cities did not appear possible to individuals.
1888 Bibliotheca Sacra Oct. 717 The iconoclasm of Protestantism was not a revolt against art, but against a misuse of art.
1903 New Internat. Encycl. XIV. 940/1 A revolt from the excessive rituality of Brahmanical Hinduism.
1945 B. Russell Hist. Western Philos. (1946) iii. xxi. 746 The romantic revolt..passes on..to the philosophical radicals in England.
1954 W. Lewis Self Condemned xiii. 198 He heaved a sigh that was loaded with stale revolt.
1992 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Oct. a31/3 Everywhere, we are seeing the revolt of Joe Average against the elites.
2007 Daily Tel. 23 May 14/1 Refusing to back down in the face of a Tory revolt over grammar schools.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > disgust or revulsion for food or drink > [noun]
loathing?1550
disgust1611
revolta1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iv. 98 No motion of the Liuer, but the Pallat, That suffer surfet, cloyment, and reuolt . View more context for this quotation
Phrases
P1. in revolt: in a state of rebellion.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > in revolt [phrase]
in revolt1602
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. i. sig. I2v They can scarce retaine from bursting foorth In plaine reuolt.
1692 H. Wotton Advt. Conc. Char. F. Paul in G. Burnet Life W. Bedell 258 Certain Books and Pamphlets, which he had published whilst he stood in revolt.
1753 W. Smith tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. i. 46 Potidæa being now in revolt..the Corinthians..dispatched thither some volunteers.
1786 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 163/2 The bill..must be repealed..or all India would be in revolt.
1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 29 The Christian tribes Of Lebanon and the Syrian wilderness Are in revolt.
1860 E. B. Browning Little Mattie iii She will lie there in default And most innocent revolt.
1938 J. F. Scanlan tr. F. Mauriac Communism & Christians 209 Marx himself was a person in revolt against the world, but Marxists can no longer be such.
1998 Independent 30 Nov. i. 13/8 Australia's embattled rural communities are in revolt against the country's big four banks.
P2. †to give (a person) the revolt: to revolt against (a person).
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > rebel against [verb (transitive)]
to kick against or ata1425
rebelc1485
revolt1548
to give (a person) the revolta1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iv. 12 Both more and lesse haue giuen him the Reuolt, And none serue with him. View more context for this quotation
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† revoltn.2
Obsolete.
A person who revolts or has revolted; a rebel.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > [noun] > one who rebels
rebel1340
rebeller1398
revolter1576
revolt1585
rebellant1586
Whig1683
révolté1792
kicker1888
1585 C. Fetherston tr. J. Calvin Comm. Actes Apostles (vii. 1) 137 He was accused as an Apostata or reuolt [L. apostata].
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xlii. lxv. 1154 Having intelligence by a rennegate revolt, that the Romans were scattered all over the fields.
1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 31 All equally suffer; as much Paganish Infants, as Christian Rebels or Reuolts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
revoltv.
/rᵻˈvəʊlt/, U.S. /rəˈvoʊlt/, /riˈvoʊlt/ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)]
wendOE
divert1430
to turn one's tale1525
relent1528
revolt1540
resile?a1597
crinkle1612
to throw in (or up) one's cards1688
to box the compass1714
to turn round1808
crawfish1848
to back down1849
duff1883
back-pedal1891
punk1920
back-track1947
to back off1961
1540 T. Wyatt Let. in Eng. Stud. (1977) 58 402 The Kyng my masters subiectes were by hym solicitid to revolte from theire duty.
1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde lxxi. f. 115v They began to reuolte from their former vse, taking this rude people and vsing them lyke slaues.
1570 J. Foxe tr. Pope Gregory I Epist. in Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. 155/2 It is better not to take good things in hand, than after they be begune to thinke to reuolte backe from the same againe.
1610 G. Carleton Iurisdict. 171 The Pope..commanded the Archbishop to yeeld to the King without exception: whereupon hee did so, but afterward reuolted from that promise.
2. † d. intransitive. In perfect tenses formed with to be. To have withdrawn allegiance; to have rebelled. Chiefly with from. Obsolete (archaic in later use).† f. transitive. To cause (a person, a nation, etc.) to change allegiance or rise in rebellion. Obsolete.† g. transitive. To withdraw, take back (one's word, allegiance, etc.). Obsolete.† h. intransitive. To return to one's former allegiance. Obsolete. rare.
a. intransitive. Originally: to cast off or change allegiance or subjection. In later use esp.: to rise in rebellion against a ruler or established authority; to rebel. Also figurative.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > rise in revolt [verb (intransitive)]
arisec825
onriseOE
rise?a1160
stirc1275
inrisea1300
upstanda1300
again-risea1382
rebela1382
raisea1400
insurge1532
to fall offa1535
revolt1548
to rise in arms1563
tumult1570
tumultuatea1734
insurrect1821
insurrectionize1841
to break into rebellion1876
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Deficio, to go from one capitayne to an other, to reuolte.
1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War v. iii. f. cxxx They..greatelye feared leste their allyes..shuld reuolte and rebelle.
1573 P. Moore Almanack E iv b Some noble men shall intende to reuolt.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. ii. 59 You are already loues firme votary, And cannot soone reuolt, and change your minde. View more context for this quotation
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxviii. 163 Such as are they, that having been by their own act Subjects, deliberately revolting, deny the Soveraign Power.
1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 73 Nor are the People we come to speak for inclin'd to revolt or rebel.
1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 183 If they should revolt at this Juncture, we shall stand a very bad Chance.
1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. xiv. 210 Aristagoras opened these singular credentials, and read an invitation to revolt.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 41 The youth revolted and refused to receive their own fathers.
1934 P. E. Baker Negro-white Adjustment 162 During this same post-war period, students revolted in many other American colleges.
1954 E. J. Hammer Struggle for Indochina iii. 71 Finding all other channels closed to them except that of force, they followed the leaders who urged them to revolt.
1995 New Statesman & Society 24 Nov. 24/3 The electorate revolted, and..the conservative National Party was returned to power in a landslide.
b. intransitive. To withdraw allegiance or assent from (a ruler, a kingdom, a person's rule, a system, etc.). Now rare.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > rebel against [verb (transitive)]
to kick against or ata1425
rebelc1485
revolt1548
to give (a person) the revolta1616
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > rise against [verb (transitive)]
revolt1548
to make head against1562
to lift at1647
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xviij This lord Cordes, which vntruly reuolted from duke Charles of Burgoyne.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccclxvj He sollicited the Emperour to make it frustrate: For he sawe how many reuolted daily from his kingdome.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 587 After he had revolted..from King Henry the Third.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 740 [I] shall soon..rid heav'n of these rebell'd..That from thy just obedience could revolt . View more context for this quotation
a1727 I. Newton Short. Chron. 1st Memory in Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) 36 The Western nations..revolt from the Assyrians.
1768 Swift's Hen. I in J. Swift Wks. IV. 285 The principal towns in Flanders revolted from him.
1829 Gospel Advocate 28 Nov. 399/2 The whole of the Southern Baptist associations..came out and revolted from all these monied schemes of the day.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §8. 430 The national spirit of France revolted more and more from the rule of Spain.
1952 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 39 260 Fate..used George III as a tool..to lead the American colonies to revolt from England.
c. intransitive. To go over to (†unto) (a rival power, another's service, etc.). †Also with on (a person's side). Now rare.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > desert one's party or principles
declinec1374
starta1450
revert?a1525
to fall away1535
to turn (one's) tippet1546
revolt1549
shrink1553
to turn one's coat1565
to come over1576
apostate1596
to change (one's) sides1596
defect1596
renegade1611
to change foot1618
to run over1643
to face about1645
apostatize1648
tergiverse1675
tergiversate1678
desert1689
apostasize1696
renegado1731
rat1810
to cross the floor1822
turncoat1892
to take (the) soup1907
turn1977
1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 136 Andrea Doria, generall of the frenche kynges armie by sea, reuolted..to the seruice of the emperour.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. ii. 89 The commons they are colde, And will (I feare) reuolt on Herefords side. View more context for this quotation
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 202 Iohn..falsely and vnnaturally revolted vnto the French king.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 224 The hopes of great plunder allured many to revolt to the Enemy.
1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. xi. 225 To revolt to the common enemy in their hearts is the worst sort of absence.
1716 J. Perry State of Russia 25 General Mazeppa..promised to revolt to him.
a1777 S. Foote Tragedy a-la-mode in T. Wilkinson Wandering Patentee (1795) 287 Unless his daughter Lyddy does Lightening, he'll revolt to the other house.
a1811 R. Cumberland Sybil iv, in Posthumous Dramatick Wks. (1813) II. 45 An armed band Of citizens, revolting to the army Of your dethroned tyrant.
1886 Dict. National Biogr. VIII. 159/2 Many who heretofore were thought loyal..had either turned neuter or had wholly revolted to them.
1906 W. F. Butler Lombard Communes x. 286 Jacopo da Carrara..had revolted to the side of the Marquis.
1963 P. J. Alexander Anc. World to A.D. 300 viii. 233 The Senate had granted to his soldiers the plunder of those cities in Epirus which had revolted to Perseus.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > incite revolt or strife [verb (transitive)] > incite to revolt
revolt1550
solicit1565
mutine1588
sollevate1595
mutiny1643
insurge1796
insurrectionize1822
mutinize1841
1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War iv. x. f. cxiii v Perdiccas & the other Thraciens that were reuolted & turned against the Athenians.
1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 37 The mynd of man, whych is reuolted from God, is miserable or wretched.
a1618 W. Raleigh Life & Death Mahomet (1637) 128 Valentia was revolted from his obedience.
1678 N. Lee Mithridates v. ii. 77 Pompey the Great is entred; And those who took your part, are all revolted.
1735 D. Forbes Thoughts Conc. Relig. 49 He is guilty of high-treason against the God of Nature,..he is revolted from him.
1799 W. Dalrymple Solomon's Ethics iv. 29 The most dreadful and horrid condition of such as are revolted from the holiness and happiness of heaven.
1853 L. Coleman Hist. Geogr. of Bible (new ed.) 456 At this time the cities of the plain were revolted from Chedorlaomer, to whom they had been subject 12 years.
1897 Amer. Antiquarian 19 57 After Sargon's death, Hezekiah was revolted from Assyria.
e. intransitive. To rebel against (a person or thing).
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > rebel [verb (intransitive)]
rebel1340
revolt1562
uparise1649
revolute1868
1562 J. Shute tr. A. Cambini in Two Comm. Turcks i. f. 29 In Spaine the citie of Burcelona [sic] in the contrey of Catalonia reuolted [It. rebellatosi] against their prince.
1572 Treat. Treasons against Q. Elizabeth ii. f. 115v Whervpon ensewed the subornation of ye whole Nobilitie of Scotl. to reuolt against their Soueraigne.
1614 E. Grimeston tr. P. Matthieu Hist. Lewis XI iv. 124 The Emperour Charlemaine..declared himselfe enemy to Didier, King of the Lombardes, who had reuolted against the Pope.
1694 London Gaz. No. 2997/2 The Ceriffe, or King of Mecca,..had revolted against the Ottoman Government.
1709 I. Littlebury tr. Herodotus Hist. I. ii. 233 All the Friends of those that had perish'd, openly revolted against him.
1780 Monthly Rev. May 373 The injured inhabitants of the Netherlands..finally revolted against the cruel tyranny of their sovereign.
1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. 105 Little encouragement could be necessary to induce him to revolt against the sovereign whom he had unpardonably offended.
1861 E. Everett Address 25 in F. Moore Rebellion Rec. I. It is not..the amount of the bounty, but the principle, as our fathers revolted against a three-penny tax on tea.
1914 H. W. Williams Russia of Russians vi. 203 Now some of the younger poets have revolted against their teachers.
1969 R. Godden In this House of Brede viii. 214 Didn't it take spunk to revolt against that overbearing mother?
1997 Daily Tel. 19 Feb. 14/6 Samuel Hahnemann revolted against the then-dominant tradition of allopathy.
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1571 R. Reynolds Chron. Noble Emperours ii. f. 119 Gildus..did by all meanes procure to reuolte the state of the Empyre, from the sonnes of the late Emperour theyr Lorde, vnto themselues.
1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 376 Whether of vs is moste culpable, I, in following and obeying the kyng, or you in altering and reuolting the kyngdome.
1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. x. 136 Pope Constantine..reuolted Italie from the Greeke Emperours obedience.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > behave disloyally towards [verb (transitive)] > renounce allegiance to > withdraw (allegiance)
revolt1580
1580 A. Munday Zelauto i. 45 Wylt thou reuolt thy former woords, and content thy selfe to yeelde submission to this peerelesse Princes?
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. C Then they reuolt the alegeance from my Daughter, and giue it to another.
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. xiiii We..cannot goe from, or reuolt our word againe euen to the last day.
a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea (1655) 32 Why Gentlemen will you revault your words.
ΚΠ
a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. E4v Thou traitor Faustus,..Reuolt, or Ile in peece-meale teare thy flesh.
a. intransitive. To convert to (†unto) (another religion, etc.); to become apostate; to depart from (a faith, etc.). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > convert [verb (transitive)]
turnc1175
convert1340
illuminec1340
convertise1483
revolt1560
salvationize1927
society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > renounce (God or Christ) [verb (transitive)]
withsayc960
forsake toa1225
renayc1300
to fall from ——c1350
refusec1350
to fall awayc1384
renege1548
revolt1673
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxxvj If they reuolte [L. deficiant] vnto Papistrie.
1563 Sandys in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. xxxv. 356 He upon displesure departed from Mr. Goodrick, and revolted in religion.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 135 Iulian was first a Christian, but reuolted and became a most bitter and constant Persecutour to all that honoured Christ.
1653 E. Lee Legenda Lignea (title page) A Character of some hopefull Saints revolted to the Church of Rome.
1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity i. ii. 19 Revolting from a way of Worship which had been universally received.
1755 J. Leland View Deistical Writers II. 446 Punishing those among the Israelites that should revolt to idolatry.
1783 Theatr. Portrait p. vii Deprive the rising Generation of knowing Good from Evil, and let the World revolt back again to Ignorance.
1845 Church of Eng. Q. Rev. Jan. 234 The parties who raise so loud an outcry, when a clergyman revolts to Popery, are silent.
b. intransitive. To depart from the truth. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lie, tell lies [verb (intransitive)] > be evasive
varyc1430
revolt1577
sklent1581
equivocate1590
fluff1902
bullshit1942
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. ii. sig. Vv.viiiv/2 The Galathians being..seduced by the false apostles, reuolted [L. defecerant] from the trueth & preaching of the Gospell.
1585 C. Fetherston tr. J. Calvin Comm. Actes Apostles xv. 37 Paul might haue granted something to the importunatnesse of his fellow apostle and yet haue not reuolted from the trueth.
1634 R. Sibbes Saints Safetie in Evill Times 87 When times of temptation come, unsound Christians wil do one of these three, either despise, refuse or revolt from the truth.
a1694 J. Tillotson Sincerity & Constancy in True Relig. (1695) 352 To revolt from the Truth, after we have made profession of it;..this is the great aggravation.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [verb (intransitive)]
to wend againeOE
i-cherrec1000
again-chareOE
again-comeOE
again-fareOE
again-goOE
eft-sithec1175
to turn againc1175
returna1325
attournec1386
turnc1390
recovera1393
repair?c1400
recourse?a1425
to go backc1425
resortc1425
revertc1475
renew1488
retour?1505
to make return1534
to turn back1538
retend1543
to come short home1548
regress1552
rejourna1556
revolt1567
revolve1587
repeal1596
recur1612
rewend1616
revene1656
to get back1664
to take back1674
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) x. f. 68 Shee..then reuolted too the place in which he had her found [L. dixit revolutaque rursus eodem est].
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > cause to move back [verb (transitive)] > move or draw something backwards
shrinkc1275
withdrawa1325
retreata1460
retract?a1475
revokea1500
retray1562
revolt1571
back1578
return1594
inshella1616
recede1823
1571 R. Reynolds Chron. Noble Emperours ii. f. 224v Monsignor Brisack..mindyng to reuolte the warre from Parma, caused certayne companies of souldiours..to repayre secretely vnto him oute of Fraunce.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Nn5 As a thonder bolt..Doth displace The soring clouds..; So to her yold the flames, and did their force reuolt.
6. Chiefly of a person's heart, mind, nature, principles, etc.
a. intransitive. To react or rise with repugnance against something.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > impulse of aversion > rise in repugnance against something [verb (intransitive)]
revolt1698
1698 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus I. i. ii. 19 This Method..is so certain and evident that Human Reason can never revolt against it.
1748 tr. Mme de Grafigny Lett. Written by Peruvian Princess xxxv. 243 This extreme severity [of religion]..struck me with awe at the same time that my heart revolted against it.
1761 W. Rider New Hist. of Eng. XLV. 84 Mr Wolfe, whose nature revolted against such wanton and perfidious cruelty, sent a letter to the French general.
1792 C. Smith Desmond III. 10 A preference against the indulgence of which her principles must revolt.
1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) II. 119 The heart instinctively revolts against the unnatural privations which are imposed upon it.
1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career ix. 128 Her whole nature, she felt, would revolt against the adverse judgment at once.
1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 314/1 Adult sense, indeed, revolts against this nonsensical prohibition.
1958 Visct. Montgomery Mem. xxx. 438 My soul revolted against this way of doing business, and I fear I made that very plain.
1994 C. C. O'Brien Great Melody 270 Burke could feel the force of such arguments... But his heart revolted against them.
b. intransitive. To feel revulsion or disgust at something.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > be disgusted [verb (intransitive)]
reluct1547
squeam1575
revolt1725
1725 E. Haywood tr. M.-A. de Gomez Belle Assemblée ii. 28 Nature..did for a while revolt at the remembrance of the Cruelty inflicted on her.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 224 The observer revolts at this mixture of important and paltry claims.
1771 E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton III. 261 My heart revolted at the mean idea.
1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia I. Advt. 7 Errors, at the grossness of which common sense..revolts.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 47 'Tis just the main assumption reason most revolts at!
1935 C. Brooks Jrnl. 30 Apr. (1998) 103 My old Tory blood revolted at these self-satisfied niggers ogling our women.
1995 Independent on Sunday 4 June (Review Suppl.) 38/3 His mind and conscience revolt at the grim, pointless roster of..individual assassinations.
c. intransitive. Without preposition. To react with disgust or distaste.
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1761 Library Apr. 25 These were executed with such masterly strokes, that my heart revolted with the most chilling horror.
1834 J. W. Calcraft tr. H. M. de Latude Mem. ii. 70 I had seen these preliminaries, and my stomach revolted.
1903 C. H. Hanford in J. F. Dillon John Marshall III. 256 In these cases he enforced merciless laws, from a sense of duty, even when he was obliged to use expressions showing that his own feelings revolted.
2007 L. Taylor Blackbringer 29 A Djinn was dead. Her mind revolted.
d. intransitive. To turn away with disgust or loathing from something; to recoil from.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > impulse of aversion > rise in repugnance against something [verb (intransitive)] > shrink from in repugnance, disgust, or dislike
abhorc1520
revolt1765
1765 S. Johnson Pref. to Shakespear's Plays p. xxv The mind revolts from evident falsehood.
1782 R. Cumberland Anecd. Painters Spain II. 87 The very eye that the hand of death was..closing..revolted with abhorrence from a disproportioned and ill-carved crucifix.
1806 H. Siddons Maid, Wife, & Widow I. 51 Every feeling of his heart and mind revolted from what he heard.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. x. 104 He knew well that her mind revolted from that means of escape.
1912 M. P. Willcocks Wings of Desire viii. 164 Her instinct of honesty, such as it was, revolted from the unreality of it all.
1941 A. C. Bouquet Compar. Relig. xi. 219 Human nature revolted from the severity of Mohammed's proclamations.
2007 K. Follett World without End 785 His instinct revolted from the idea of lying to his own brother.
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a. transitive. To affect (a person's mind, heart, feelings, etc.) with disgust or revulsion; to nauseate or disgust (a person).
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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > excite repugnance in [verb (transitive)]
abhor1531
distaste1597
disrelish1649
disgust1656
revolt1731
revulse1887
1731 J. Constable Refl. Accuracy Style 177 When terms of this kind are kept at something greater distance, they are not so..apt to revolt the reader's mind.
1743 Athenian Lett. iv. cli. 45 The heart is revolted at the idea of corruption.
1790 By-stander 284 Lest it should..revolt the feelings of the public to see it turn about so suddenly.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 169 Why, man, thy policy were enough to revolt a heathen divan.
1841 R. W. Hamilton Nugæ Lit. 410 Crime has but to reach a pitch and turpitude, and the well-ordered mind is revolted and shocked.
1854 R. C. Trench Synonyms New Test. xxxiv. 141 Which would attract many..whom scurrile buffoonery would only revolt and repel.
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 553 The cruelties practised by Harold towards his captives did revolt the public opinion even of the ferocious time in which he lived.
1935 O. Stapledon Odd John i. 3 Strangers were often revolted by his uncouth proportions.
1979 B. Bainbridge Another Part of Wood vi. 114 Joseph won't touch me... He says I revolt him.
1994 L. Kass Hungry Soul iii. 109 Just imagining the deed [eating human flesh] revolts and horrifies our sensibilities.
b. intransitive. To cause revulsion.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > disgust or excite repugnance [verb]
to turn (a person's) stomach1549
revolt1834
to make a person turn in his or her grave1888
to turn off1966
1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. Pref. p. xiv It fatigues—it wearies—it revolts—and we have not the satisfaction, in yawning, to think that we yawn eruditely.
1898 Daily News 24 Jan. 8/5 You may not treat of a subject until it disgusts and revolts.
1969 M. Robinson Long Sonata of Dead i. i. 27 The world, both in itself and in its human dimension, revolts and disgusts.
1993 C. Howard Love's Blood (1994) iii. xlvi. 475 Family murder is always bizarre, always repellent. It revolts, disgusts, offends.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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