revolve
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
revolve/rɪˈvɒlv/
▶verb
- 1 move in a circle on a central axis.
■ (revolve about/around) move in a circular orbit around.
- 2 (revolve around) treat as the most important aspect or element: her life revolved around her children.
- 3 consider repeatedly and from different angles.
– origin ME: from L. revolvere, from re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + volvere ‘roll’.
'revolve' also found in these Oxford entries:
differential
- freewheel
- go
- gyrate
- revolt
- revolute
- revolution
- spinner
- swivel
- synchromesh
- trend
- trundle
- turbine
- versatile
- waltz
