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rebelled |
1 definition found 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.
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