Revolve /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Revolved; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolving

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 near the equator must move a thousand miles an hour.

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.]

1. To cause to turn, as on an axis.

   Then in the east her turn she shines, Revolved on heaven's great axile.

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.