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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rebel  \Re*bel"\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Rebelled};  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  churl's  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. 
 
  Hoe  could  my  hand  rebel  against  my  heart?  How  could 
  you  heart  rebel  against  your  reason?  --Dryden. 




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