rĭ-vŏlv
revolved, revolves, revolving
verb
revolved, revolves, revolving
To move in a circle or orbit around a point.
Webster's New World
To spin or turn around a center or axis; rotate.
To cause to rotate, or spin around an axis.
Webster's New World
To be arranged as revolving credit.
His credit line revolves.
American Heritage
To be oriented (around or about something regarded as a center)
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
Origin of Revolve
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From Middle English revolven (“to change direction"), 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.
From Wiktionary
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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 wel-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Revolve Sentence Examples
He did not succeed in making the wire or the magnet revolve on its own axis.
The first great fact to be noticed is that the planets revolve around the sun in the same direction.
Two stars are supposed to revolve about one another nearly or actually in contact.
This consists of a cast-iron pan having a shallow cylindrical bottom holding mercury, in which a wooden muller, nearly of the same shape as the inside of the pan, and armed below with several projecting blades, is made to revolve by gearing wheels.
But, as has been remarked by Dr Robert Grant (History of Physical Astronomy, p. 515), we are no more warranted in drawing so important a conclusion from casual remarks, however sagacious, than we should be justified in stating that Seneca was in possession of the discoveries of Newton because he predicted that comets would one day be found to revolve in periodic orbits.
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