2. Verb. (third-person singular of revolt) ¹
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Definition of Revolts
1. revolt [v] - See also: revolt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Revolts
Literary usage of Revolts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1859)
"Causes of the frequent insurrections and revolts in the Persian empire. ...
But as these revolts were more frequent than ever in the latter years, ..."
2. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1869)
"CAUSES OF THE FREQUENT INSURRECTIONS AND revolts IN THE PERSIAN EMPIRE. ...
But as these revolts were more frequent than ever in the latter years, ..."
3. The History of the Norman Conquest of England by Edward Augustus Freeman (1873)
"We shall hear almost immediately of fresh resistance against William's authority;
but resistance now takes the form of the revolts of a subdued people ..."
4. A Brief History of Education: A History of the Practice and Progress and by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1922)
"That the Protestant revolts in the different lands produced large immediate and
permanent changes in the character of the education provided in the ..."
5. The Slave Systems of Greek and Roman Antiquity by William Linn Westermann (1955)
"... PIRACY, AND SLAVE revolts The tremendous loss of life suffered by the Roman
forces in 105 в. с. at the battle of Arausio was more than met by the number ..."
6. A history of the Romans under the empire by Charles Merivale (1865)
"revolts in the provinces : the North-West.—Claudius Civilis, under pretence of
siding with Vespasian, intrigues for the subversion of the Roman power on the ..."
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