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speared by the Indians of his bodyguard. — A Set of Six;<br />

• (reconnoiter)- to make a reconnaissance; Thence he sent out parties<br />

to reconnoiter the enemy's position, and learn his intentions. — Life and<br />

Times of Washington;<br />

• (scout)- to spy on or explore carefully in order to obtain information;<br />

reconnoiter;<br />

deploy : emissary<br />

• (deploy)- to arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or<br />

appropriately, ( ; ); There was neither time nor space<br />

to deploy, and the attack was repulsed. — Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary,<br />

Visited in 1837. Vol. II;<br />

• (emissary)- an agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests<br />

of another, ( ; ); A rebel emissary, the notorious Jacob Thompson,<br />

was reported by the secret service as slipping through the North and trying to<br />

get passage to Europe on the Allan steamship out of Portland, Maine, or<br />

Canada. — The Lincoln Story Book;<br />

rebellion = revolt = insurrection > insurgent = mutinous = seditious = subversive<br />

= rabble-rousing : rebel > rebellious = malcontent = disaffected : defiance<br />

• (rebellion)- open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted<br />

government; Hearing of these things, the Queen's ladies hastened to her in<br />

fright, fearful that a rebellion was about to break out. — TheChildrenof;<br />

• (revolt)- to attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel; I would<br />

say that a revolt is a dramatic and often forceful change of government. —<br />

Conservapedia;<br />

• (insurrection)- an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance<br />

against civil authority or an established government, ( ; );<br />

Leaders of the insurrection were arrested, tried, and convicted of treason, but<br />

were pardoned by Washington—A Brief History of the United States;<br />

• (insurgent)- a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority,<br />

esp. a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the<br />

execution of its laws; rebel,( , ); The disturbances went<br />

on increasing for two years, until law was at an end in the insurgent counties.<br />

— George Washington;<br />

• (mutinous)- disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority,<br />

( , ); The garrison are mutinous, and in dreadful want of<br />

provisions. — The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Vol.<br />

II;<br />

• (seditious)- given to or guilty of engaging in or promoting sedition,<br />

( ); In September William Hurt and Ridpath were arrested for libelous

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