revolve

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  1. intransitive verb To orbit a central point.
  2. intransitive verb To turn on an axis; rotate. See Synonyms at turn.
  3. intransitive verb To recur in cycles or at periodic intervals.
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  • His gold-flecked eyes seemed to revolve, appearing to exert a hypnotic effect. —  077 - Merchants of Disaster
  • The vanes started to revolve, their steady swishing building up into a throbbing roar. —  SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURES MAGAZINE
  • But this "reinvention" is antithetical to what the word "conservatism" -- the ideology around which the GOP claims to revolve -- explicitly stands for. —  CollegiateTimes.com News
  • "But I expect it'll just be my luck to win a dog-collar or a muzzle In due course the wheel began to revolve, and it had scarcely stopped before Ferdinand jumped from the platform and embraced Chippo with emotion Mon ami_," he said, "_mes félicitations! —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05
  • If the heavy wheels hesitated to revolve, they left horses and vehicles to their fate, taking themselves to the woods; or, as in some cases, cut traces and harness, and galloped away like madmen. —  Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War
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  1. Middle English revolven, to change direction, from Old French revolver, to reflect upon, from Latin revolvere, to turn over, roll back, reflect upon : re-, re- + volvere, to roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English revoluen, from Old French revolver = Spanish Portuguese revolver, stir, = Italian rivolvere, from Latin revolvere, roll back, revolve, from re-, back, + volvere, roll: see voluble, volve. Cf. convolve, devolve, evolve, involve.
  2. from revolve, v.
 

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