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revolvency

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Etymology

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From revolve +‎ -ency.

Noun

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revolvency (uncountable)

  1. (now rare) The fact or act of revolving; capacity for revolution. [from 18th c.]
    • 1785, William Cowper, The Task, Book I, l. 372:
      Constant rotation of th' unwearied wheel / That nature rides upon maintains her health [] / Its own revolvency upholds the world.