Thesaurus: revolve

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1. v. i. To word/turn">turn or word/roll">roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense.
2. v. i. To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun.
3. v. i. To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.
4. v. i. To return; to pass.
5. v. t. To cause to turn, as on an axis.
6. v. t. Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.
7. v. turn on or around an axis or a center
8. v. move in an orbit
9. v. cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
10. 1. To word/turn">turn or word/roll">roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense. If the earth revolve thus, each house pear the equator must move a thousand miles an hour. I. Watts. 2. To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun. 3. To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve. 4. To return; to pass. [R.] Ayliffe. 1. To cause to turn, as on an axis. Then in the east her turn she shines, Revolved on heaven's great axile. Milton. 2. Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of. This having heard, straight I again revolved The law and prophets. Milton.
11. v:100 v. turn on or around an axis or a center