revel

[revĀ·el]

Revel means to take great pleasure. If you revel in something, you're not just pleased or even excited; you're overwhelmed by joy.

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See Reveal.

Noun
unrestrained merrymaking

Verb
take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter"

Verb
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!"


n.
See Reveal.

v. i.
A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.

v. i.
To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.

v. i.
To move playfully; to indulge without restraint.

v. t.
To draw back; to retract.


Revel

Rev"el , n. (Arch.) See Reveal. [R.]

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.
This day in mirth and revel to dispend. Chaucer.
Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels.
Master of the revels, Revel master. Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord.

Revel

Rev"el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reveled or 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. 2. To move playfully; to indulge without restraint. "Where joy most revels." Shak.

Revel

Re*vel" , v. t. [L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck, pull.] To draw back; to retract. [Obs.] Harvey.

See Reveal.

A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.

To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.

To draw back; to retract.

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