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“revolutionize” in Latin
perturbōto confuse; to disturb or perturb, trouble or alarmēvertōto turn upside down, overturn, reverse; to upset, disturb, agitate, roil; to throw down, cause to fallstimulōto urge on, goad on, stimulate, rouse up; to torment, vex, trouble, disquiet, disturbincendōto set on fire, burn, kindle; to heat, make hot, scorch; to light up with fire, make a fire upon
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
revolutionize
To overthrow a government by violence, rerum publicarum statum violenter commutare, perturbare, or evertere (after Cic.).
To excite men to an uproar, tumult, cives ad res novas sollicitare, stimulare, incendere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for revolutionize?
- The usual Latin words for “revolutionize” are perturbō, ēvertō, stimulō; also incendō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.