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revolute

revolute adjective: rolled or recurved on itself.

Adjective

revolute (not comparable)

  1. Rolled or recurved on itself.
  2. Having the edges rolled with the abaxial side outward.

Verb (1)

revolute (third-person singular simple present revolutes, present participle revoluting, simple past and past participle revoluted)

  1. to roll back, curve upwards

Verb (2)

revolute (third-person singular simple present revolutes, present participle revoluting, simple past and past participle revoluted)

  1. (rare) to participate in or incite a revolution or revolt
    • The Hawaiians have ‘revoluted’ and dethroned the fat squaw they have hitherto chosen to call a queen.1893, Daily Evening Expositor, editorial, January 28
    • Christmas always thought himself a “patriotic American,” but, as he saw the matter, a little “revoluting” on behalf of his benefactors—Manuel Bonilla and Estrada Cabrera—in no sense harmed the interestes of the United States.1996, Lester D. Langley, The Banana Men: American Mercenaries and Entrepreneurs in Central America, 1880-1930

revolute meaning in Tamil

revolute in Tamil

பிற்புறஞ்சுருண்ட

Forms of revolute

third-person singular presentrevolutes
present participlerevoluting
past participlerevoluted
pastrevoluted

Origin of revolute

Borrowed from Latin revolūtus, perfect passive participle of revolvō (“roll back”).

Back-formation from revolution.

Words formed from revolute

Questions about revolute

What does revolute mean?
Revolute means rolled or recurved on itself.
What is revolute in Tamil?
Revolute in Tamil is பிற்புறஞ்சுருண்ட. See Revolute meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is revolute?
Revolute can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near revolute in the dictionary

  1. revolubly
  2. revolunteer
  3. revolunteered
  4. revolunteering
  5. revolunteers
  6. revolute
  7. revoluted
  8. revolutely
  9. revolutes
  10. revoluting
  11. revolution

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Adapted from Wiktionary: revolute (page history and authors); revolute (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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