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Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops. Whoso be rebel to my judgment. Chaucer. Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. Milton.

A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct o Thackeray.

One who rebels; a rebel.

The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistances 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…

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.

To bellow again; to repeat or echo a bellow. The cave rebellowed, and the temple shook. Dryden.

The cerebellum. Derham.

Pertaining to the cerebellum.

The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

h has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell. [Written also hairbell.] E'en the light harebell raised its head. Sir W. Scott .

d with noble thoughts. Sir P. Sidney. He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels. Macaulay.

into close connection; to ally. Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion I. Taylor.

One of the rounded prominences of the lower surface of the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum, each side of the vallecula.

The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.

aspire after immorality. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; Aspiring to be angels, men rebel. Pope.

Of an azure color; sky-blue. "The azured harebell." Shak.

The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools. Swift.

s or protuberances; as, a biventral, or digastric, muscle, or the biventral lobe of the cerebellum.

An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their hostilities with Anam, 1873-85.

anula, especially the Campanula rotundifolia, which bears blue bell-shaped flowers; the harebell.