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    [Adjective]  | "re*volv*ing" | \ ri-ˈväl-viŋ \


    1: turning around on or as if on an axis

    2: tending to revolve or recur; especially : recurrently available

    3: of, relating to, or being credit that may be used repeatedly up to the specified limit and is usually repaid in regular proportional installments


    Origin: 1599 ;

     From present participle of {see: |revolve|revolve};

    [Adjective]  | "re*volv*ing-door" | \ ri-ˈväl-viŋ-ˈdȯr \


    1: characterized by a frequent succession (as of personnel) or a cycle of leaving and returning


    Origin: 1973 ;

    [Verb]  | "re*volve" | \ ri-ˈvälv \


    1: rotate

    2: to cause to go round in an orbit

    3: to turn over at length in the mind : ponder


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English revolven "to pass (of time), wind round, roll," borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French revolver "to turn, turn over (in the mind)," borrowed from Latin revolvere "to roll back to a starting point, bring back round, (passive) travel in a circular course, return to a starting point," from re- {see: |re-|re-} + volvere "to set in a circular course, cause to roll, bring round" {mat|wallow:1|};

    [Noun]  | "revolving door" 


    1: a revolving-door system or process


    Origin: 1895 ;

    [Noun]  | "revolving fund" 


    1: a fund set up for specified purposes with the proviso that repayments to the fund may be used again for these purposes


    Origin: 1920 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "revolve around" 


    1: to move around (something) in a path that is similar to a circle

    2: to have (someone or something) as a main subject or interest

    [Verb]  | "revolving" 


    1: to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis;


      * e.g., " ... the salesclerk revolved the glass display case so I could see the watchbands on the reverse side "



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    2: to move in circles around an axis or center;


      * e.g., " ... the sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars "



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    3: to give serious and careful thought to;


      * e.g., " ... for the next several hours he kept revolving the cryptic message in his mind, trying to make sense of it "



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    [Verb]  | "revolve" 


    1: to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis;


      * e.g., " ... the salesclerk revolved the glass display case so I could see the watchbands on the reverse side "



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    2: to move in circles around an axis or center;


      * e.g., " ... the sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars "



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    3: to give serious and careful thought to;


      * e.g., " ... for the next several hours he kept revolving the cryptic message in his mind, trying to make sense of it "



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    [Noun]  | "revolving door" 


    1: as in double door, storm door;


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    [Noun]  | "revolving doors" 


    1: as in double doors, storm doors;


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