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insurrect

American  
[in-suh-rekt] / ˌɪn səˈrɛkt /

verb (used without object)

insurrects, insurrecting

  1. to rise up in revolt.

verb (used with object)

insurrects, insurrecting

  1. to rebel against, throw off, or depose (a power or authority).

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Eight nieces all in a state of insurrection, and two more nieces in the nursery ready to insurrect in their turn!”

From Girls of the Forest by Meade, L. T.

They mean to insurrect here, and are to honour me with a call thereupon.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

We loved them too, but of course they lived on the other side of the pond, and sometimes they and the Sepoys and the Soudanese had to insurrect.

From This Is the End by Benson, Stella

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