to move in a circular course or round a central point or axis
(+ around) to be centred on a specified theme or main point
The dispute revolved around wages
to be considered in turn
All sorts of ideas revolved in her head
to recur
as the seasons revolved
to cause (something) to turn round on or as if on an axis
literary to ponder (something)
He revolved the scheme in his mind
revolvable adj
revolving adj
[Middle English revolven from Latin revolvere to roll back, cause to return, from re- + volvere to roll]