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▪ I. revolve, n.|rɪˈvɒlv|
[f. the verb.]
†1. Meditation, determination. Obs.
1595Markham Sir R. Grinuile D iij, When Midelton saw Grinuills hie reuolue, Past hope, past thought,..Once more to moue him flie, he doth resolue.
2. Revolution; rotation.
1641Crabtree in Phil. Trans. XXX. 608 If the Screws keep an exact Equality of Motion forward in each Revolve, it is a most admirable Invention. 1696Whiston The. Earth ii. (1722) 110 In 365 Revolves the difference is scarce sensible. a1806H. K. White Time 279 Each revolve Of the recording sun conducts us on. 1822B. W. Procter Two Dreams 43 The stars Went round and round, their circles lessening At each revolve.
fig.1690D'Urfey Collin's Walk i. 31 In all revolves and turns of State Decreed by (what dee call him) Fate.
3. a. Theatr. (See quot.)
1900Westm. Gaz. 18 May 4/2 In the course of the change a massive piece of scenery..is moved bodily from one side of the stage to the other. Nearly at the top of this ‘revolve’, as it is technically called, is the window.
b. A revolving stage. In full, revolve stage.
1938Times 25 Aug. 8/4 A new electric revolve has been installed in place of the winch-controlled one. 1959Punch 20 May 688/3 It is a big stage... In the middle is a revolve that goes round as easily as a bicycle wheel. 1972T. Stoppard Jumpers 11 The National Theatre production was mounted on a revolve stage. 1975Country Life 26 June 1689/2 A revolve has been added to the stage which, thanks to hydraulic machinery, can assume any shape the director pleases. 1980Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 10/5 The technical difficulties bedevil the scenery hoists and drum revolve. Ibid., The revolve had given the contractors and the board endless difficulties.
▪ II. revolve, v.|rɪˈvɒlv|
Also 5–7 reuolue, 6–7 revolue (6 Sc. reuolfe).
[ad. L. revolv-ĕre, f. re- re- + volvĕre to roll, turn. So Sp., Pg., and obs. F. revolver, It. rivolvere.]
I. trans.
†1. To turn (the eyes or sight) back or round. Obs.
1387–8T. Usk Test. Love i. vii. (Skeat) l. 72 For if such men wolden their eyen of their conscience revolven, they shulden seen the same sentence they legen on other springe out of their sydes. 1523Skelton Garl. Laurel 664 Then furthermore aboute me my syght I reuolde. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. iii. 147 Let him into himself revolve his Eye.
†2. To roll; to move by rolling. Obs. rare.
1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy i. 3919 And from þe hil þe water is revolvid Of snowys white, þat Phebus hath dissoluyd. 1541Copland Guydon's Quest. Chyrurg. P iv b, Let them be applyed vpon the sayde places in reuoluynge them contynually from one place to another that they cleue nat to the flesshe.
†b. To bring round in course of time. Obs.—1
a1591H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 487 [I] yet desire to be dissolv'd (When my due date shall be revolv'd) As more happy far for me.
†3.
a. To restore; to turn, bring, or roll back (into a place or state, or upon a person). Obs.
In the first quot. perh. an error for renoveld.
1430–31Rolls of Parlt. IV. 371 Ye saide Prison..was throwen doune; and..revolved and made agayn in a better manner. 1622E. Misselden Free Trade 127 The Current once diuerted will hardly bee reuolued into its genuine Source and Course againe. 1653Milton Hirelings To Parl., The care and tuition of whose Peace and Safety..is now again by a new dawning of God's miraculous Providence among us, revolv'd upon your shoulders. 1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 53 And the four Elements..shall maintain a dreadful fight, so long and so fiercely..that at last all will be revolved into a dark confusion.
†b. To bring round again to some position. Obs.
1653Manton Exp. James v. 17 This plainly revolveth you to the tenor of the old covenant, and maketh works the ground of your acceptance with God. 1675Baxter Cath. Theol. i. iii. 32 As for predisposition, the question will be revolved to the same point.
4. To turn over (something) in the mind, breast, thoughts, etc.
c1460G. Ashby Dicta Philos. 125 So ye may Reuolue in cogitacion That here ther is no longe habitacion. 1474Caxton Chesse 46 How be hit ye may reuolue hit in your mynde. 1513Douglas æneis v. xiii. 34 Venus,..Amyd hir breist revoluying mony a thocht, Spak to Neptune. a1548Hall Chron., Rich. III, 23 b, When he reuolued in his wauerynge mynde how greate a fountayne of mischiefe towarde hym shoulde sprynge. 1671Milton P.R. i. 185 Musing and much revolving in his brest, How best the mighty work he might begin. 1704Prior Let. to Boileau 128 The great Design revolving in his Mind. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. vii. 210 The projects which the Commodore revolved in his thoughts. 1820Shelley Hymn Merc. xi, Revolving in his mind some subtle feat Of thievish craft. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede ii, The problem that Mr. Casson had been revolving in his mind for the last five minutes.
b. To consider, think over, ponder or meditate upon (something).
c1425Found. St. Bartholomew's (E.E.T.S.) 20 He, reuoluynge his relikys that he hadde of the Crosse,..depid them yn water, and wysshe the tonge of the pacient ther with. 1509Hawes Conv. Swearers xlvi, I shall encrease And brynge you whiche reuolue inwardly This my complaynt to eternall glory. 1530Lyndesay Test. Papyngo 507 Off Flodoun feilde the rewyne to reuolfe..I nyll, for dreid that dolour ȝow dissolfe. 1584Cogan Haven Health ii. (1636) 17 For the residue of the day..[rather] to revolve things reade before, than to reade or muse of new. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell. xxii. xvi. 216 If any man wil with a quicke understanding revolve the manifold introductions into the intelligence of Divinitie. a1674Clarendon Surv. Leviath. (1676) 134, And I cannot enough recommend Mr. Hobbes, that he will revolve his own judgment and determination in this chapter. 1718Pope Iliad vi. 364 Here, as the queen revolved with careful eyes The various textures and the various dyes. 1756T. Amory Buncle (1825) III. 76 While I revolved the case of these unfortunate young ladies. 1823De Quincey Lett. Educ. i. (1860) 5 Even as I find, who have revolved the principal points almost daily for many years. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. v. 61, I have plenty of time to revolve my most uncomfortable thoughts.
†c. To destine, purpose. Obs. rare—1.
1513Douglas æneis i. i. 33 The fatale sisteres reuolue and schew, sche kend, Of Troiane blude ane peple suld descend.
5. To turn over, search through, study, or read (a book, or the works of an author). Now rare.
c1480Henryson Mor. Fab., Sheep & Dog 71 Of Ciuile Law volumis full mony thay reuolue. a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. Ii iij b, As I reuolued the registers in the Capitol, I redde a ryght meruailous thynge. 1593Nashe Christ's T. Wks. (Grosart) IV. 179 From thy byrth to thys moment of thine vnbeliefe, reuolue the diarie of thy memory. 1644Milton Bucer on Divorce Wks. 1851 IV. 340 Of the clear judgment of your Royal Majesty I nothing doubt, revolving the Scripture so often as ye do. 1671― P.R. i. 259 This having heard, strait I again revolv'd The Law and Prophets. 1718Prior Solomon i. 46 Around my Throne the Letter'd Rabbins stand, Historic Leaves revolve, long Volumes spread. 1805Richardson Poems & Plays I. 32, I trim my lamp, revolve the page And scan the labours of the sage.
†6. To bind round, tie or wrap up. Also fig. Obs.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 21/2 A certayn kind of ligament, as is that wherwith we revolve a fracture of a Legge, that the one half therof cover the other. 1632Lithgow Trav. vi. 250 These three reuolu'd in one, Points forth the Pope. Ibid. vii. 334 The commendation of which Cities rest reuolu'd in these following verses.
†7. To upset by revolution. Obs. rare.
1615Wadsworth in Bedell's Lett. (1624) 10 His vnquietnesse and ambition, reuoluing the Commonwealth, and so vniustly expelling..the Bishop. [Hence1624Bedell Lett. x. 126 Caluin by his vnquietnes and ambition reuolued the State of Geneua.]
8. To cause (something) to travel in an orbit around a central point; to rotate (something) upon an axis.
1667Milton P.L. vii. 381 Then in the East her turn she shines, Revolvd on Heavn's great Axle. 1692Bentley Boyle Lect. 220 There could not possibly arise in the chaos any vortices..either to form the globes of the planets, or to revolve them when formed. 1715tr. Gregory's Astron. (1726) II. 473 The body, which is urg'd by a centripetal Force,..is revolv'd along with L. 1755Man No. 50. 3 When he stretches out his arm it serves as a bar of defence, which, when he revolves it, acts as a sling. 1858Greener Gunnery 15 Some mechanical adjunct for revolving the chamber. 1880Encycl. Brit. XI. 312/2 It [the gun] is placed opposite the loading gear by revolving the turn-table.
II. intr.
†9. To return to a person or place. Obs.
1586J. Hooker Hist. Irel. in Holinshed II. 142/1 What should be the cause that they should thus rage, and so wickedlie and suddenlie reuolue, as dogs to their vomits, so they to their treasons. a1700Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 111 As soon might the Autumnal Sun To Libra, when its Course was run, Revolve, till it to Aries reel'd. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 81 The Jurisdiction does ipso Jure revolve to the Judge a Quo. 1755H. Walpole Let. to Mann 21 Dec., You will smile at seeing Doddington again revolved to the court.
†10. To deliberate or consider; to meditate or think upon something. Obs.
1601Shakes. Twel. N. ii. v. 155 If this fall into thy hand, reuolue. 1622J. Reynolds God's Revenge ii. ix. 157 With a hellish ratiocination ruminating and reuoluing on the manner thereof, hee..at last resolves to poyson her. 1699Pomfret Fortunate Compl. 3 As Strephon..Revolving lay upon his wretched state. 1785Paley Mor. Philos. (1818) II. 247 To a mind revolving upon the subject of human jurisprudence.
11. To perform a circular motion; to move in a regular orbit about or round a fixed point.
1713Berkeley Guardian No. 126 ⁋2 Those bodies that revolve round the sun. 1771Encycl. Brit. I. 449/2 It will then be..forced to revolve about S in the circle BYTU. 1801C. Smith Lett. Solit. Wand. II. 84 Whose beams enlighten and cherish the unknown worlds which revolve around them. 1854Brewster More Worlds iv. (1874) 93 Our Earth and Mars, Venus and Mercury.., revolve nearest to the Sun. 1868Lockyer Elem. Astron. §142 The only satellite which takes a longer time to revolve round its primary than our Moon.
b. To rotate or move upon an axis or centre.
1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v. Earth, For a body, revolving on its axis, the parts..are continually endeavouring to recede from the centre. 1823Scott Peveril xviii, The wheel appears to be again revolving. 1849James Woodman ix, It was made to revolve upon hinges. 1885C. Leudesdorf Cremona's Proj. Geom. 205 If a straight line f revolve round a fixed point E.
c. To wind spirally. Obs. rare—1.
1772–84Cook's 3rd Voy. iv. vii, From above and behind each eye arises an elegant yellowish-white crest, revolving backward as a ram's horn.
12. To come round again, to move round, in various senses.
1769Burke Late St. Nat. Wks. II. 78 Publick accounts formerly printed and re-printed revolve once more, and find their old station in this sober meridian. 1787F. Burney Diary 5 Jan., My plan having long been revolving in my head, I had ventured..to hint at it [etc.]. 1807Crabbe Par. Reg. i. 1 The year revolves, and I again explore The simple annals of my parish poor. 1822–56De Quincey Confess. (1862) 131 A world-wearied man could not do better than revolve amongst these modest inns.
Hence reˈvolved ppl. a.
1692Ray Disc. iii. (1732) 14 The Sea with revolved Waves. 1760P. Miller Introd. Bot. 35 When it is turned back or rolled.., [it is] a revolved leaf. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 573 Roofs on circular bases..are called roofs of revolution or revolved-roofs. |