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n. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Campanula, especially the Campanula rotundifolia, which bears blue bell-shaped flowers; the harebell. (b) A plant of the genus Scilla (Scilla nutans). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The cerebellum. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) of or pertaining to the cerebellum; as, the cerebellar artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Cerebellums L. Cerebella /plu>. [ L., dim. of cerebrum brain. ] (Anat.) The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. débeller. See Debellate. ] To conquer. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. debellatus, p. p. of debellare to subdue; de- + bellum war. ] To subdue; to conquer in war. [ Obs. ] Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. debellatio. ] The act of conquering or subduing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, Friedrich Froebel, or the kindergarten system of education, which he organized. -- n. One who teaches by, or advocates the use of, the kindergarten system. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having no glebe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell. [ Written also hairbell. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

E'en the light harebell raised its head. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Jezebel, Heb. Izebel, the wife of Ahab king of Israel. ] A bold, vicious woman; a termagant. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Major von Knebel. ] (Min.) A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. rebelle. ] One who rebels. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Revolter; insurgent. -- Rebel, Insurgent. Insurgent marks an early, and rebel a more advanced, stage of opposition to government. The former rises up against his rulers, the latter makes war upon them. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. rebelle, fr. L. rebellis. See Rebel, v. i. ] Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whoso be rebel to my judgment. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Rebelled p. pr. & vb. n. Rebelling. ] [ F. rebeller, fr. L. rebellare to make war again; pref. re- again + bellare to make war, fr. bellum war. See Bellicose, and cf. Revel to carouse. ] 1. To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The murmur and the churls' rebelling. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord. Josh. xxii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt. [ 1913 Webster ]

How could my hand rebel against my heart?
How could your heart rebel against your reason? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct or quality characteristic of rebels. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rebels; a rebel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. rébellion, L. rebellio. See Rebel, v. i. Among the Romans rebellion was originally a revolt or open resistance to their government by nations that had been subdued in war. It was a renewed war. ] 1. The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection. [ 1913 Webster ]

No sooner is the standard of rebellion displayed than men of desperate principles resort to it. Ames. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commission of rebellion (Eng. Law), a process of contempt issued on the nonappearance of a defendant, -- now abolished. Wharton. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Insurrection; sedition; revolt; mutiny; resistance; contumacy. See Insurrection. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force. “Thy rebellious crew.” “Proud rebellious arms.” Milton. -- Re*bel"lious*ly, adv. -- Re*bel"lious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To bellow again; to repeat or echo a bellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cave rebellowed, and the temple shook. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]