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verb

Revolve v. t.

To cause to turn, as on an axis. "Then in the east her turn she shines, Revolved on heaven's great axile."

Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of. "This having heard, straight I again revolved The law and prophets."

Revolve v. i. (past & past part. revolved; pres. part. revolving)

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."

To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun.

To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.

To return; to pass. (R.)

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Etymology of 'Revolve'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Revolve" Quotes from Famous Books

... tradition of the Service, had acquired the habit of prompt resolution, and an equal promptitude of action in the conversion of such resolution into an accomplished fact. The helmsman of the Ludwig Gadd, therefore, had scarcely begun to revolve his steering-wheel ere the Flying Fish, with her speed accurately reduced to that of the other vessel, had sheered still closer, while von Schalckenberg, prompted by his companion, hailed in Russian, through ...

— With Airship and Submarine - A Tale of Adventure • Harry Collingwood

... the room were beginning to revolve in that purposeful manner which augurs of leave-taking. People came up to shake hands with their hostess, and gradually the library emptied. Only Denis Malster, St. Maur, Sir Joseph, and ...

— Too Old for Dolls - A Novel • Anthony Mario Ludovici

... surprise occasioned by such an unexpected meeting, had already, in a great measure, destroyed the effects of the wine he had so plentifully drunk, and the first use he made of his recovered sobriety, was to revolve within himself the motives that could possibly induce his wife to give him the rendezvous in this manner. As he had good reason to believe she was utterly void of jealousy, he naturally placed this rencontre to the account of another passion; and his chagrin was not ...

— The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Volume I • Tobias Smollett

... of the train—for the first minute or so they all keep up with it, close to the carriage at the door of which can still be seen the head of son or brother or sweetheart. But now the engine puts on more speed, the wheels revolve more quickly—some of the crowd fall away, unable to run ...

— A Bride of the Plains • Baroness Emmuska Orczy

... brother had been a close observer of all that was going on, probably to guard against another sudden fright such as the overture had given him, and the moment Ben commenced to revolve he leaped from the tree, running with full speed towards ...

— Mr. Stubbs's Brother - A Sequel to 'Toby Tyler' • James Otis

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