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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebel \Re*bel"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rebelled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Rebelling}.] [F. rebeller, fr L. rebellare to make war
again pref. re- again + bellare to make war, fr bellum war.
See {Bellicose}, and cf {Revel} to carouse.]
1. To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the
ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See
{Rebellion}.
The murmur and the churl's rebelling. --Chaucer.
Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel
this day against the Lord. --Josh. xxii.
16.
2. To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or
insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
Hoe could my hand rebel against my heart? How could
you heart rebel against your reason? --Dryden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rebelling
adj : participating in organized resistance to a constituted
government; "the rebelling confederacy" [syn: {rebel(a)},
{rebelling(a)}, {rebellious}]
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