Found 2 items, similar to Revel.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: revel
revel
n : unrestrained merrymaking [syn:
revelry]
[also:
revelling,
revelled]
revel
v 1: take delight in;
“he delights in his granddaughter” [syn:
delight,
enjoy]
2: celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in
uproarious festivities;
“The members of the wedding party
made merry all night”;
“Let's whoop it up--the boss is
gone!” [syn:
racket,
make whoopie,
make merry,
make happy
,
whoop it up,
jollify,
wassail]
[also:
revelling,
revelled]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Revel
Revel
\Rev"el\, n. (Arch.)
See
Reveal. [R.]
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Revel
\Rev"el\, n. [OF. revel rebellion, disorder, feast, sport.
See
Revel, v. i.]
A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or
merrymaking; a carousal.
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This day in mirth and revel to dispend. --Chaucer.
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Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels.
--Rambler.
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Master of the revels,
Revel master. Same as
Lord of misrule
, under
Lord.
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Revel
\Rev"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Reveledor
Revelled; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Reveling or
Revelling.] [OF. reveler to
revolt, rebel, make merry, fr. L. rebellare. See
Rebel.]
1. To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the
bacchanalian; to make merry. --Shak.
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2. To move playfully; to indulge without restraint.
“Where
joy most revels.” --Shak.
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Revel
\Re*vel"\, v. t. [L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck,
pull.]
To draw back; to retract. [Obs.] --Harvey.
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