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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revolve \Re*volve"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Revolved}; p. pr &
vb n. {Revolving}.] [L. revolvere, revolutum pref. re- re-
+ volvere to roll, turn round. See {Voluble}, and cf
{Revolt}, {revolution}.]
1. To turn or roll round on or as on an axis, like a wheel;
to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this
sense
If the earth revolve thus each house near the
equator must move a thousand miles an hour. --I.
Watts.
2. To move in a curved path round a center; as the planets
revolve round the sun.
3. To pass in cycles; as the centuries revolve.
4. To return; to pass. [R.] --Ayliffe.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
revolved
adj : turned in a circle around an axis [syn: {rotated}]
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