revolve

See also: revolvé

English

Etymology

From Middle English revolven (“to change direction”), borrowed from Old French revolver (“to reflect upon”), from Latin revolvere, present active infinitive of revolvō (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back”) + volvō (“roll”); see voluble, volve.

Verb

revolve (third-person singular simple present revolves, present participle revolving, simple past and past participle revolved)

  1. (intransitive) To orbit a central point.
    The Earth revolves around the sun.
  2. (intransitive) To turn on an axis.
    The Earth revolves once every twenty-four hours.
    • 1915, George A. Birmingham, “chapter I”, in Gossamer (Project Gutenberg; EBook #24394), London: Methuen & Co., published 8 January 2013 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 558189256:
      It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
  3. (intransitive) To recur in cycles.
    The program revolves through all the queues before returning to the start.
    The centuries revolve.
  4. (transitive) To ponder on; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.

Translations

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Further reading

  • revolve in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • revolve in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

revolve

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of revolvō

Portuguese

Verb

revolve

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of revolver
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of revolver
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