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Revolve   /rivˈɑlv/   Listen
Revolve

verb
(past & past part. revolved; pres. part. revolving)
1.
Turn on or around an axis or a center.  Synonyms: go around, rotate.  "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
2.
Move in an orbit.  Synonyms: orb, orbit.  "The planets are orbiting the sun" , "Electrons orbit the nucleus"
3.
Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis.  Synonym: roll.  "They rolled their eyes at his words"



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"Revolve" Quotes from Famous Books



... the bell with a sudden impulse, which made it look as though he had not fully taken in the situation before. The engineer, though he was one of the army of the disabled in whole or in part, obeyed the summons of the bell, and the propeller ceased to revolve. ...
— Taken by the Enemy • Oliver Optic

... Prithee, forbear till you revolve it further. [He, goes off] Doubtless she's daily plunging into ruin The poor infatuated man her husband, Whom fondness hath made blind to her misconduct. But I must hear what passes at this meeting; Wherefore, I'll to the closet next the chamber, Where usually ...
— The Female Gamester • Gorges Edmond Howard

... is usually shipped to customers on wooden spools, each holding approximately 100 lb or 80 to 100 rods. A hole is provided through the centre of the spool for inserting a bar, on which the reel can revolve for unwinding the wire as it is put up. After the wire is stretched in place, it is attached to the wooden posts by means of galvanized steel wire staples, ordinarily made from No. 9 wire. They are cut with a sharp, long, diagonal point and can ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 - "Banks" to "Bassoon" • Various

... in the discussion, all the party rushed forward at this cry. The captain ordered the wheelman to stop her, though her headway kept her moving for some minutes after the screw ceased to revolve. The men baited the hooks as soon as fish were indicated. The boat had reached the locality where the catch of the day before had been obtained, and all hands were on the lookout. The lines were thrown over, and the fish bit quickly as soon as ...
— Four Young Explorers - Sight-Seeing in the Tropics • Oliver Optic

... opera glasses, he discovered (in 1610) the spots on the sun. These made it plain that the sun was revolving on its axis as astronomers were already convinced that the earth revolved. He saw, too, that the moons of Jupiter were revolving about their planet in the same way that the planets revolve ...
— An Introduction to the History of Western Europe • James Harvey Robinson


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