revolute
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Latin revolūtus, perfect passive participle of revolvō (“roll back”).
Adjective[edit]
revolute (not comparable)
Translations[edit]
having the edges rolled with abaxial side outward
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Verb[edit]
revolute (third-person singular simple present revolutes, present participle revoluting, simple past and past participle revoluted)
Etymology 2[edit]
Back-formation from revolution.
Verb[edit]
revolute (third-person singular simple present revolutes, present participle revoluting, simple past and past participle revoluted)
- to participate in or incite a revolution or revolt
- 1893, Daily Evening Expositor, editorial, January 28
- The Hawaiians have ‘revoluted’ and dethroned the fat squaw they have hitherto chosen to call a queen.
- 1996, Lester D. Langley, The Banana Men: American Mercenaries and Entrepreneurs in Central America, 1880-1930
- Christmas always thought himself a “patriotic American,” but, as he saw the matter, a little “revoluting” on behalf of his benefactors—Manuel Bonilla and Estrada Cabrera—in no sense harmed the interestes of the United States.
- 2000, Barbara Bush, Imperialism, Race and Resistance: Africa and Britain 1919-1945
- Achimota was Fraser’s life’s work, evidence that ‘the glorious West African people’ were gradually changing their conditions by ‘evolving not revoluting [sic]’.
- 2003, Ed McClanahan, Famous People I Have Known
- I rocked and rolled. I ingested illicit substances. I revoluted.
- 2004, Samuel Hopkins Adams, The Unspeakable Perk
- “Pins through scarabs,” she laughed, “while beneath you Caracuna riots and revolutes and massacres foreigners.
- 1893, Daily Evening Expositor, editorial, January 28
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
revolute
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
revolūte