单词 | revoltment |
释义 | † revoltmentn. Obsolete. rare. Revolt; change of allegiance; defection. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > [noun] > rebellion against any authority rebeltyc1384 rebellionc1400 rebela1425 revoltment1550 revolturea1650 Whiggery1826 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War i. vi. f. xxvi For to let the reuoltement or rebellyon [Fr. le reuoltement] of the said cities and countreys. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. ii. 363 Sche had bruted..that we sought nothing bot hir lyef, and a plane revoltment from the lawfull obedience dew to our Soverane. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxix. xvii. 721 The cause of our double revoltment and chaunge [L. causam utriusque defectionis nostrae]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1550 |
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