Rebel
(Re*bel") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rebelled (-beld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebelling.] [F. rebeller, fr. L.
rebellare to make war again; pref. re- again + bellare to make war, fr. bellum war. See Bellicose,
and cf. Revel to carouse.]
1. To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience.
See Rebellion.
The murmur and the churls' rebelling.
Chaucer.
Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord.
Josh. xxii. 16. 2. To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
How could my hand rebel against my heart?
How could your heart rebel against your reason?
Dryden. Rebeldom
(Reb"el*dom) n. A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct or
quality characteristic of rebels. Thackeray.
Rebeller
(Re*bel"ler) n. One who rebels; a rebel.
Rebellion
(Re*bel"lion) n. [F. rébellion, L. rebellio. See Rebel, v. i. Among the Romans rebellion was
originally a revolt or open resistance to their government by nations that had been subdued in war. It
was a renewed war.]
1. The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one
owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to
do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or
government by force; revolt; insurrection.
No sooner is the standard of rebellion displayed than men of desperate principles resort to it.
Ames. 2. Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.
Commission of rebellion (Eng. Law), a process of contempt issued on the nonappearance of a defendant,
— now abolished. Wharton. Burrill.
Syn. — Insurrection; sedition; revolt; mutiny; resistance; contumacy. See Insurrection.
Rebellious
(Re*bel"lious) a. Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting
government or lawful authority by force. "Thy rebellious crew." "Proud rebellious arms." Milton. — Re*bel"lious*ly,
adv. — Re*bel"lious*ness, n.
Rebellow
(Re*bel"low) v. i. To bellow again; to repeat or echo a bellow.
The cave rebellowed, and the temple shook.
Dryden. Rebiting
(Re*bit"ing) n. (Etching) The act or process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by
submitting it again to the action of acid. Fairholt.
Rebloom
(Re*bloom") v. i. To bloom again. Crabbe.
Reblossom
(Re*blos"som) v. i. To blossom again.
Reboant
(Re*bo"ant) a. [L. reboans, p. pr. of reboare; pref. re- re- + boare to cry aloud.] Rebellowing; resounding
loudly. [R.] Mrs. Browning.
Reboation
(Re`bo*a"tion) n. Repetition of a bellow. [R.] Bp. Patrick.
