Thesaurus: revel

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1. n. See Reveal.
2. v. i. A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.
3. v. i. To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
4. v. i. To move playfully; to indulge without restraint.
5. v. t. To draw back; to retract.
6. n. unrestrained merrymaking
7. v. take delight in
8. v. celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
9. See Reveal. [R.] 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. 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. To draw back; to retract. [Obs.] Harvey.
10. See Reveal. [R.]
11. v:100 n. unrestrained merrymaking v. celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities