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  • 81rebellious — adjective 1) rebellious troops Syn: rebel, insurgent, mutinous, revolutionary 2) a rebellious adolescent Syn: defiant, disobedient, insubordinate, unruly, mutinous, obstreperous, re …

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  • 82mu|tine — «MYOO tihn», noun, verb, tined, tin|ing, adjective. Obsolete. –n. 1. a mutinous person; mutineer: »Methought I lay Worse than the mutines in the bilboes (Shakespeare). 2. a mutiny. –v.i. to rebel; …

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  • 83Insubordinate — In sub*or di*nate, a. Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 84Mutinied — Mutiny Mu ti*ny, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mutinied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mutinying}.] 1. To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one… …

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  • 85Mutinies — Mutiny Mu ti*ny, n.; pl. {Mutinies}. [From mutine to mutiny, fr. F. se mutiner, fr. F. mutin stubborn, mutinous, fr. OF. meute riot, LL. movita, fr. movitus, for L. motus, p. p. of movere to move. See {Move}.] 1. Insurrection against constituted… …

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  • 86Mutiny — Mu ti*ny, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mutinied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mutinying}.] 1. To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one s… …

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  • 87Mutiny — Mu ti*ny, n.; pl. {Mutinies}. [From mutine to mutiny, fr. F. se mutiner, fr. F. mutin stubborn, mutinous, fr. OF. meute riot, LL. movita, fr. movitus, for L. motus, p. p. of movere to move. See {Move}.] 1. Insurrection against constituted… …

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  • 88Mutiny act — Mutiny Mu ti*ny, n.; pl. {Mutinies}. [From mutine to mutiny, fr. F. se mutiner, fr. F. mutin stubborn, mutinous, fr. OF. meute riot, LL. movita, fr. movitus, for L. motus, p. p. of movere to move. See {Move}.] 1. Insurrection against constituted… …

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  • 89Mutinying — Mutiny Mu ti*ny, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mutinied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mutinying}.] 1. To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one… …

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  • 90mutiny — noun (plural nies) Etymology: mutine to rebel, from Middle French (se) mutiner, from mutin mutinous, from meute revolt, from Vulgar Latin *movita, from feminine of movitus, alteration of Latin motus, past participle of movēre to move Date: 1540 1 …

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