Revel /(?)/
Rev·el
Revel
n.
- See Reveal. (Arch.) [R.]
Revel
n.
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A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.
This day in mirth and revel to dispend.
Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels.
Phrases & Compounds
- Master of the revels
- Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord.
Revel
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Reveled; p. pr. & vb. n. Reveling
- To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
- To move playfully; to indulge without restraint.
Revel
v. t.
- To draw back; to retract. [Obs.]