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Webster 1913 Edition

Revel

Rev′el

,
Noun.
(Arch.)
See
Reveal
.
[R.]

Rev′el

,
Noun.
[OF.
revel
rebellion, disorder, feast, sport. See
Revel
,
Verb.
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
.
Rambler.
Master of the revels
,
Revel master
.
Same as
Lord of misrule
, under
Lord
.

Rev′el

,
Verb.
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.

Re-vel′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
revellere
;
re-
+
vellere
to pluck, pull.]
To draw back; to retract.
[Obs.]
Harvey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Revel

REV'EL

,
Verb.
I.
[L. rabo, rabio, to rage, whence rabies, rabid.]
1.
To feast with loose and clamorous merriment; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian.
Antony, that revels long o'nights.
2.
To move playfully or without regularity.

REV'EL

,
Noun.
A feast with loose and noisy jollity.
Some men ruin the fabric of their bodies by incessant revels.

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