Main Entry: re·volve

Pronunciation: \ri-ˈvälv, -ˈvȯlv also -ˈväv or -ˈvȯv\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): re·volved; re·volv·ing

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin revolvere to roll back, cause to return, from re- + volvere to roll — more at voluble

Date: 15th century

transitive verb 1 : to turn over at length in the mind : ponder <revolve a scheme>
2 a obsolete : to cause to go round in an orbit b : rotate 1intransitive verb 1 : recur
2 a : to ponder something b : to remain under consideration <ideas revolved in his mind>
3 a : to move in a curved path round a center or axis b : to turn or roll round on an axis
4 : to have or come to a specified focus : center —usually used with around <the dispute revolved around wages>

— re·volv·able \-ˈväl-və-bəl, -ˈvȯl- also -ˈvä-və- or -ˈvȯ-və-\ adjective