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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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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