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Webster'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.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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