REVOLVE

orb, orbit, revolve

(verb) move in an orbit; “The moon orbits around the Earth”; “The planets are orbiting the sun”; “electrons orbit the nucleus”

revolve, go around, rotate

(verb) turn on or around an axis or a center; “The Earth revolves around the Sun”; “The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

revolve (third-person singular simple present revolves, present participle revolving, simple past and past participle revolved)

(Physical movement.)

(transitive, now, rare) To bring back into a particular place or condition; to restore. [from 15th c.]

(transitive) To cause (something) to turn around a central point. [from 16th c.]

(intransitive) To orbit a central point (especially of a celestial body). [from 17th c.]

(intransitive) To rotate around an axis. [from 17th c.]

(intransitive) To move in order or sequence. [from 17th c.]

(Mental activity.)

(transitive, now, rare) To ponder on; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of. [from 15th c.]

Noun

revolve (plural revolves)

(theater) The rotation of part of the scenery within a theatrical production.

(theater) The rotating section itself.

(obsolete) A radical change; revolution.

Anagrams

• evolver

Source: Wiktionary

Re*volve", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revolved(); p. pr. & vb. n. Revolving.] Etym: [L. revolvere, revolutum; pref. re- re- + volvere to roll, turn round. See Voluble, and cf. Revolt, revolution.]

1. To turn or 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.

Re*volve", v. t.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition