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Webster 1913 Edition

Rebel

Reb′el

(rĕb′ĕl)
,
Adj.
[F.
rebelle
, fr. L.
rebellis
. See
Rebel
,
Verb.
I.
]
Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious;
as,
rebel
troops
.
Whoso be
rebel
to my judgment.
Chaucer.
Convict by flight, and
rebel
to all law.
Milton.

Reb′el

,
Noun.
[F.
rebelle
.]
One who rebels.
Syn. – Revolter; insurgent.
–
Rebel
,
Insurgent
. Insurgent marks an early, and rebel a more advanced, stage of opposition to government. The former rises up against his rulers, the latter makes war upon them.

Re-bel′

(rē̍-bĕl′)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rebelled
(rē̍-bĕld)
;
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rebel

REB'EL

,
Noun.
[L. rebellis, making war again.]
1.
One who revolts from the government to which he owes allegiance, either by openly renouncing the authority of that government, or by taking arms and openly opposing it. A rebel differs from an enemy, as the latter is one who does not owe allegiance to the government which he attacks. Num. 17.
2.
One who willfully violates a law.
3.
One who disobeys the king's proclamation; a contemner of the king's laws.
4.
A villain who disobeys his lord.

REB'EL

,
Adj.
Rebellious; acting in revolt.

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