資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.