REVOLT', v.i. [L. revolvo; re and volvo, to turn. Eng. wallow.] 1. To fall off or turn from one to another.2. To renounce allegiance and subjection to one's prince or state; to reject the authority of a sovereign; as a province or a number of people. It is not applied to individuals.The Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah. 2Chron. 21. 3. To change. [Not in use.]4. In Scripture, to disclaim allegiance and subjection to God; to reject the government of the King of kings. Is. 31.REVOLT', v.t. 1. To turn; to put to flight; to overturn.2. To shock; to do violence to; to cause to shrink or turn away with abhorrence; as, to revolt the mind or the feelings.Their honest pride of their purer religion had revolted the Babylonians.REVOLT', n. 1. Desertion; change of sides; more correctly, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to one's prince or government; as the revolt of a province of the Roman empire.2. Gross departure from duty.3. In Scripture, a rejection of divine government; departure from God; disobedience. Is. 59.4. A revolter. [Not in use.]
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