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Webster 1913 Edition
Revolutionary
Revˊo-lu′tion-a-ry
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
révolutionnaire
.] Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution;
as,
. revolutionary
war; revolutionary
measures; revolutionary
agitatorsRevˊo-lu′tion-a-ry
,Noun.
A revolutionist.
[R.]
Dumfries was a Tory town, and could not tolerate a
revolutionary
. Prof. Wilson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Revolutionary
REVOLU'TIONARY
,Adj.
1.
Pertaining to a revolution in government; as a revolutionary war; revolutionary crimes or disasters.2.
Tending to produce a revolution; as revolutionary measures.