verb
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Homographs:
rebel¹ /ˈɹɛb.əl/
— noun
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From Middle English rebellen, from Old French rebeller, from Latin rebellō (“to wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“to wage war”). Doublet of revel.