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revolt (medicine)


revolt


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.

Origin: Cf. F. Revoller, It. Rivoltare. See Revolt.

1. The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire. "Who first seduced them to that foul revolt?" (Milton)

2. A revolter. "Ingrate revolts."

Synonym: Insurrection, sedition, rebellion, mutiny. See Insurrection.

Origin: F. Revolte, It. Rivolta, fr. Rivolto, p. P. Fr. L. Revolvere, revolutum. See Revolve.

Source: Websters Dictionary


bastille(1) (iou)



bastille noun. [ba'sti:l] Also bastile. LME.

Hist. A tower or bastion of a castle; a small fortress. LME.
In siege operations, a wooden tower on wheels, or an entrenched protective hut used by the besiegers. LME.
a. (Bastille.) The prison-fortress built in Paris in the 14th cent., and destroyed in 1789. M16.
b. A prison. E18.
Comb.: Bastille Day 14 July, the date of the storming of the Bastille in 1789, celebrated as a national holiday in France.