Definition of revolve

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Revolve (v. i.) To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense..

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Premeditate :: Premeditate (v. i.) To think, consider, deliberate, or revolve in the mind, beforehand..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel..
Turn :: Turn (v. i.) Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact..
Barker''s Mill :: Barker's mill () A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis..
Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle..
Shell :: Shell (n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
Unturned :: Unturned (a.) Not turned; not revolved or reversed.
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane..
Circle :: Circle (n.) To move around; to revolve around.
Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
Lap :: Lap (n.) A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis..
Revolver :: Revolver (n.) One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm ( commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis, and be discharged in succession by the same lock; a repeater..
Revolve :: Revolve (v. i.) To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve..
Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.
Revolvable :: Revolvable (a.) That may be revolved.
Step :: Step (v. i.) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
Turbinate :: Turbinate (v. i.) To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.
Trundle :: Trundle (v. t.) To cause to roll or revolve; to roll along; as, to trundle a hoop or a ball..
Center :: Center (n.) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves..
Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel..
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