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Definition of Revolve

1. Verb. Turn on or around an axis or a center. "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"

2. Verb. Move in an orbit. "Electrons orbit the nucleus"

3. Verb. Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis. "They rolled their eyes at his words"

Definition of Revolve

1. v. i. 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.

2. v. t. To cause to turn, as on an axis.

Definition of Revolve

1. Verb. (intransitive) To orbit a central point. ¹

2. Verb. To turn on an axis. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To recur in cycles. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To ponder on, to reflect repeatedly upon, to consider all aspects of. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Revolve

1. to turn about an axis [v -VOLVED, -VOLVING, -VOLVES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Revolve

revolutionises revolutionising revolutionism revolutionist revolutionists revolutionize revolutionized revolutionizer revolutionizers revolutionizes

revolutionizing revolutions revolutions per minute revolutive revolvable revolve (current term) revolve about revolve around revolved revolvement

revolvements revolvency revolver revolvers revolves revolving revolving charge account revolving credit revolving door revolving doors

Literary usage of Revolve

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"See CIRCUIT, SET. circle, vi wheel, ring, gyrate; see revolve, CIRCUIT. circuit, ... «See CIRCUIT, revolve. 2. Referring to money, goods, etc. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1844)
"... engine is made to revolve by a ripper upon id axle, actuated by a band from any first mover as usual, and the subordinate roller« « cylinders belonging ..."

3. Descriptive Geometry by Adam Vause Millar, Edward Silver Maclin (1913)
"Given a point in V and a line in H oblique to V. revolve the point into H ... A point lies in the back part of H. revolve the point about the line as an ..."

4. Descriptive Geometry by Adam Vause Millar, Edward Silver Maclin (1913)
"Given a point in V and a line in H oblique to V. revolve the point into H ... A point lies in the back part of H. revolve the point about the line as an ..."

5. A Dictionary of the Hindee Language by John Drew Bate (1875)
"m. (f. î) revolving, circling, round. } !!•*•»> Ï« '"• a whirling, turning, etc. : 2, a. twi. to revolve, go round and round, turn, roll, wheel, whirl. ..."

6. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"If these lenses be assembled on a frame with eight or more sides, having a lamp in their common focus, and be made to revolve, a dioptric revolving light is ..."

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