Revolt Meaning
/ɹɪˈvoʊlt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo rebel, particularly against authority.
verbTo repel greatly.
Sentence Examples
It will take a long time to suppress the revolt.
The army was called to suppress the revolt.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The prisoners began to ____ against the unfair rules of the prison.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The workers threatened to ____ against the new management if the proposed pay cuts were implemented.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, itself either from ri- with the verb voltare, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *revoltāre < *revolvitāre, for *revolūtāre, frequentative of Latin revolvō (“roll back”) (through its past participle revolūtus). Compare typologically Russian переворо́т (perevorót) (akin to верте́ть (vertétʹ).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Our diſcontented Counties doe reuolt"
— c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 18, column 1:
"I shall be told, that this abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds."
— 1796–1797, Edmund Burke, “Letters on a Regicide Peace, Continued from Vol. VIII. Letter IV. To the Earl Fitzwilliam.”, in [Walker King], editor, The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, new edition, volume IX, London: […] [R. Gilbert] for C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], published 1826, →OCLC, page 118:
"The foring clouds into fad fhowres y molt; / So to her yold the flames, and did their force reuolt."
— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 567:
"And ſtill revolt when truth would ſet them free."
— 1673, John Milton, “[Sonnet] XII. On the Same [Tetrachordon].”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], →OCLC, page 57:
"His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time."
— 1886, John Morley, The Life of Turgot:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The prisoners began to ____ against the unfair rules of the prison.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The workers threatened to ____ against the new management if the proposed pay cuts were implemented.