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Revel
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
See Reveal. [R.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal. This day in mirth and revel to dispend. Chaucer. Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels. Rambler. Master of the revels, Revel master. Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry. Shak.
2. To move playfully; to indulge without restraint. "Where joy most revels." Shak.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To draw back; to retract. [Obs.] Harvey.