Source : 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.