revolved

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Revolved 50 to 100 times a minute, the blood spreads into a thin film on the sides of the drum.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mature beyond his years, the queen admired His sage reply, and with her train retired; There in her chamber as she sate apart, Revolved his words, and placed them in her heart.

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander

Revolved in your mind, they will yield a rich harvest of thought.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various

Achilles, with quick pain possessed, Revolved two purposes in his strong breast; and in a third: — — Yet never to her wishes won The just mind of the brave Bellerophon.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

The lovely lady in her mind Revolved the plot her maid designed, And prompt the gain and risk to scan She step by step approved the plan.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)