Revolt : (noun)
1: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one
faction tries to wrest control from another [syn: rebellion,
insurrection, rising, uprising]
(verb)
1: make revolution; "The people revolted when bread prices
tripled again"
2: fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" [syn: disgust,
gross out, repel]
3: cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The
pornographic pictures sickened us" [syn: disgust, nauseate,
sicken, churn up]
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Revolt : \Re*volt"\, 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.
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Revolt : \Re*volt"\, n. [F. r['e]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.] ``Ingrate revolts.'' --Shak.
Syn: Insurrection; sedition; rebellion; mutiny. See
Insurrection.
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Revolt : \Re*volt"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revolted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Revolting.] [Cf. F. r['e]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.
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REVOLT, crim. law. The act of congress of April 30, 1790, s. 8, 1 Story's L.
U. S. 84, punishes with death any seaman who shall lay violent hands upon
his commander, thereby to hinder or prevent his fighting in defence of his
ship, or goods committed to his trust, or shall make aRevolt : in the ship.
What is a revolt is not defined in the act of congress nor by the common
law; it was therefore contended, that it could not be deemed an offence for
which any person could be punished. 1 Pet. R. 118.
2. In a case which occurred in the circuit court for the eastern
district of Pennsylvania, the defendants were charged with an endeavour to
make a revolt. The judges sent up the case to the supreme court upon a
certificate of division of opinion of the judges; as to the definition of
the word revolt. 4 W. C. C. R. 528. The opinion of the supreme court was
delivered by Washington, J., and is in these words "This case comes before
the court upon a certificate of division of the opinion of the judges of the
circuit court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, upon the following
point assigned by the defendants as a reason in arrest of judgment, viz.
that the act of congress does not define the offence of endeavoring to make
a revolt; and it is not competent to the court to give a judicial definition
of an offence heretofore unknown.
"This court is of opinion that although the act of congress does not
define this offence, it is nevertheless, competent to the court to give a
judicial definition of it. We think that the offence consists in the
endeavor of the crew of a vessel, or any one or more of them, to overthrow
the legitimate authority of her commander, with intent to remove him from
his command; or against his will to take possession of the vessel by
assuming the government and navigation of her; or by transferring their
obedience from the lawful commander to some other person." 11 Wheat. R. 417.
Vide 4 W. C. C. R. 528, 405; Mason's R. 147 4 Mason, R. 105; 4 Wash. C. C.
R. 548 1 Pet. C. C. R. 213; 5 Mason, R. 464; 1 Sumn. 448; 3 Wash. C. C. R.
525; 1 Carr. & Kirw. 429.
3. According to Wolff, revolt and rebellion are nearly synonymous; he
says it is the state of citizens who unjustly take up arms against the
prince or government. Wolff, Dr. de la Nat. 1232.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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