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REVOLVED

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Turned in a circle around an axis

Synonyms:

revolved; rotated

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

turned (moved around an axis or center)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb revolve

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 Context examples: 

I revolved in my mind the events which I had until now sought to forget: the whole train of my progress toward the creation; the appearance of the works of my own hands at my bedside; its departure.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The touch of a cluster of leaves revolved it slowly, tracing, like the leg of compass, a thin red circle in the water.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)