Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Revolve

Revolve , intransitive verb

[Latin revolvere, revolutum; pref. re- re- + volvere to roll, turn round. See Voluble, and compare Revolt, revolution.]

1.
To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense.
If the earth revolve thus, each house near the equator must move a thousand miles an hour. — I. Watts
2.
To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun.
3.
To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.
4.
To return; to pass. [Rare] — Ayliffe

Revolve , transitive verb

1.
To cause to turn, as on an axis.
Then in the east her turn she shines, Revolved on heaven's great axile. — Milton
2.
Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.
This having heard, straight I again revolved The law and prophets. — Milton