Rev"el (?), n. Arch.
See Reveal.
[R.]
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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.
Rambler.
Master of the revels, Revel master. Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord.
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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.
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Re*vel" (?), v. t. [L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck, pull.]
To draw back; to retract.
[Obs.]
Harvey.
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