revolute
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- Words With Friends
- 14
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Definition of revolute
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- (not-comparable)Rolled or recurved on itself.
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adj
- (not-comparable)Rolled or recurved on itself.
- (not-comparable)Having the edges rolled with the abaxial side outward.
verb
- to roll back, curve upwards
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(rare)to participate in or incite a revolution or revolt
“The Hawaiians have ‘revoluted’ and dethroned the fat squaw they have hitherto chosen to call a queen.”
“Christmas always thought himself a “patriotic American,” but, as he saw the matter, a little “revoluting” on behalf of his benefactors—Manuel Bonilla and Estrada Cabrera—in no sense harmed the interestes of the United States.”
“Achimota was Fraser’s life’s work, evidence that ‘the glorious West African people’ were gradually changing their conditions by ‘evolving not revoluting [sic]’.”
“2003, Ed McClanahan, Famous People I Have Known I rocked and rolled. I ingested illicit substances. I revoluted.”
“2004, Samuel Hopkins Adams, The Unspeakable Perk “Pins through scarabs,” she laughed, “while beneath you Caracuna riots and revolutes and massacres foreigners.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin revolūtus, perfect passive participle of revolvō (“roll back”).
Words you can make from revolute
110 playable · top: TRUELOVE (11 pts)
Best play truelove 11 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
18 words4-letter words
39 words- ERUV 7 pts
- EVER 7 pts
- LEVO 7 pts
- LOVE 7 pts
- OVER 7 pts
- ROVE 7 pts
- VEER 7 pts
- VERT 7 pts
- VETO 7 pts
- VOLE 7 pts
- VOLT 7 pts
- VOTE 7 pts
- EURO 4 pts
- LEER 4 pts
- LEET 4 pts
- LORE 4 pts
- LOUR 4 pts
- LOUT 4 pts
- LURE 4 pts
- LUTE 4 pts
- ORLE 4 pts
- REEL 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- ROLE 4 pts
- ROTE 4 pts
- ROTL 4 pts
- ROUE 4 pts
- ROUT 4 pts
- RULE 4 pts
- TEEL 4 pts
- TELE 4 pts
- TOLE 4 pts
- TOLU 4 pts
- TORE 4 pts
- TOUR 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
- TROU 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
- TULE 4 pts
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