insurrect

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verb

To take part in an insurrection.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

verbinsurrect (third-person singular simple present insurrects, present participle insurrecting, simple past and past participle insurrected)

present singular third person insurrects · participle present insurrecting · participle past insurrected · past insurrected

  1. intransitiveTo take part in an insurrection.

    “They were insuring against the insurrection of cargo – I think that completely sums it up. How can cargo insurrect?” asks Hall.

    2021 May 16, Rob Walker, “Secret history: the warrior women who fought their enslavers”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2021
    1 more example

    Bardella reflected: “When you’re talking about the Proud Boys being told to ‘stand back and stand by’, I think the articulation of that prosecution is made even more impactful and powerful when it’s being made by people of colour, by people who really represent symbolically the very thing that these people were protesting and trying to insurrect on January 6.

    2021 February 11, David Smith, “The impeachment managers reflect a diverse US – unlike the senators they seek to persuade”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 20 Feb 2021

Origin

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APA

insurrect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insurrect

MLA

“insurrect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insurrect. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insurrect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insurrect.

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