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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).

Other Word Forms

  • insurrection noun
  • insurrectional adjective
  • insurrectionary adjective
  • insurrectionist noun

Example Sentences

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You have not insurrected any since my proclamation of July 4, 1902.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

Th' brave but I fear not altogether cheery army conthrols th' insurrected parts be martiyal law, but th' civil authorities are supreme in their own house.

From Project Gutenberg