Revolt \Re*volt"\, v. t. 1. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight. [Obs.] --Spenser.
2. To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings.
This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds. --Burke.
To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creatuure revolted his conscience and offended his reason. --J. Morley.
Revolt \Re*volt"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Revolted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Revolting}.] [Cf. F. r['e]voller, It. rivoltare. See {Revolt}, n.] 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.
Revolt \Re*volt"\, n. [F. r['e]volte, It. rivolta, fr. rivolto, p. p. fr. L. revolvere, revolutum. See {Revolve}.] 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. [Obs.] ``Ingrate revolts.'' --Shak.
Syn: Insurrection; sedition; rebellion; mutiny. See {Insurrection}.
The ability of Tory managers to anaesthetise those who show the slightest sign of revolt is well-known.
Pozsgay shot up in popular esteem last January when he became the first public leader to proclaim that the 1956 revolt was a popular uprising and not a counterrevolution, as it had officially been termed for more than 32 years.
And this year, the party decided the 1956 revolt was a popular uprising, not the counterrevolution it had been called for 33 years. On June 16, Nagy's remains were reburied with honor.
Twenty years ago, Connecticut lawmakers approved a statewide income tax, only to reverse direction in the face of voter revolt and quickly repeal it.
The decision to disband the militia came just three days before the 33rd anniversary of the 1956 revolt, which was crushed by Soviet tanks.
An acquisition by PG&E would be the ultimate irony for the Sacramento utility, which was spawned by a revolt against the investor-owned utility and which took over PG&E service territory in 1947 after a long, bitter battle.
On Friday, Saddam urged the people of Egypt and the Persian Gulf states to revolt against their governments and join Iraq in a holy war against the West and its allies in the region.
"It looks like a serious revolt," said one police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Simultaneously, patients, in "revolt," want more sensitive doctors who will enlist them as partners and share responsibility with them.
Tank-led army troops ended the revolt in nine days.
At least 554 Palestinians have been killed by soldiers or Jewish settlers during the 20-month-old revolt, and 100 Palestinians have been killed by fellow Arabs as suspected collaborators.
Mr. Siebert says the rate cuts that followed last year's revolt by Boston restaurateurs have been of little benefit to small and medium-sized establishments, those whose patrons charge less than C$1 million (US$869,300) annually on American Express.
Once European governments understand that there is a viable alternative to Gadhafi, Idris said, they too will isolate him and give Libyans the impetus to revolt.
The court sentenced six other officers to terms ranging from 12 to 20 years for their involvement in the aborted revolt.
To show their death in full publicity, that's just not done." The revolt against Ceausescu began in the western city of Timisoara, when people linked hands around the priest's home to prevent him from being taken away.
Mr. Bush did not and we're all now going to have to pay the price for that." Republicans, mindful that they will have to answer to voters in November, staged a quick revolt against Bush's tax conversion.
But the time is long and the price is high." Three Palestinians died in the occupied lands Tuesday, raising to 362 the number of Arabs killed in the revolt.
Nearly 50 insurance companies responded to the voter revolt against skyrocketing rates by announcing they would stop writing certain policies in California.
At least 334 Palestinians have been killed during the revolt. Fourteen Israelis also have been killed.
Ceausescu was ousted in December following a popular revolt and was executed along with his wife, Elena, on Christmas Day.
A Western relief official in Gaza City said about 40 percent of the wounded in the Palestinian revolt are now 15 and younger.
The statement also claimed the mastermind of the revolt was former Interior Minister Roger Lafontant, who is now living in the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.
The death raised to 405 the number of Palestinians killed since the start of the 15-month revolt against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Other than the elections, the plan offers nothing specific to the Palestinians, who have carried on a revolt for nearly 21 months against Israeli occupation.
Avril was brought to power in a September 1988 revolt by soldiers who professed disdain for political killings and other abuses by the previous military ruler, Lt.
The territories were captured by Israel from Jordan and Egypt in the 1967 Middle East War and have been torn for the last two years by a Palestinian revolt against Israeli rule that has taken more than 800 lives.
More than 14,000 people have died in the Tamil revolt since it began in 1983.
Namphy was overthrown in the revolt Avril rode into power. Noncommissioned officers who led the coup claimed they ousted Namphy because they were outraged by state-sponsored murder and political repression.
Pozsgay and Nyers did not mention the revolt in the interviews, but Pozsgay said Hungarian history had to be reviewed factually all the way back to 1945.
These lands are the scene of the Palestinian revolt in which at least 766 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers or civilians.