verb · transitive · rare

revolt

re·volt

revolt · revolts · revolted · revolting

восстать, восставать

revoltieren

To rebel, particularly against authorityTo rebel, particularly against authority.

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UK/ɹɪˈvəʊlt/US/ɹɪˈvoʊlt/

» Tom joined the revolt.

Том примкнул к восстанию.

Том приєднався до повстання.

Meaning

6 senses

(intransitive)To rebel, particularly against authority.
The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved.
revoltieren
восстава́тьvosstavátʹ, восста́тьvosstátʹ
(transitive)To repel greatly.
Your brother revolts me!
1870, John Morley, Condorcet (published in the Fortnightly Review To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creature revolted his conscience and offended his reason.
(intransitive)To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.
The stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.
To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
To perform a revolution in Tycoon, reversing the card hierarchy

More definitions

make revolution
cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
fill with distaste

Examples

58 sentences

Tom joined the revolt.
Том приєднався до повстання. — deniko
ruТом примкнул к восстанию. — marafon
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The people revolted against their rulers.
ruНарод восстал против своих правителей. — afyodor
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Let the revolt begin.
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This is revolting.
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A revolt broke out.
ruВспыхнуло восстание. — marafon
deEin Aufstand brach aus. — Esperantostern
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to rebel — see also rebel, rise up:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to rebel — see also rebel, rise up:

Origin

Borrowed from French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, itself either from ri- with the ver

Borrowed from French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, itself either from ri- with the verb voltare, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *revoltāre < *revolvitāre, for *revolūtāre, frequentative of Latin revolvō (“roll back”) (through its past participle revolūtus).

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