revolt

verb

1. 1

   To rebel, particularly against authority.

   The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved.

   Our diſcontented Counties doe reuolt

2. 2

   To repel greatly.

   Your brother revolts me!

   I shall be told, that this abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds.

   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.

3. 3

   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.

4. 4

   To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.

   The foring clouds into fad fhowres y molt; / So to her yold the flames, and did their force reuolt.

5. 5

   To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.

   And ſtill revolt when truth would ſet them free.

   His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.

6. 6

   to perform a revolution in Tycoon, reversing the card hierarchy

noun

1. 1

   An act of revolting.

   — It's a revolt? — No, Sire, it's a revolution...

Forms

plural

revolts

past tense

revolted

past participle

revolted

present participle

revolting

third person singular

revolts