Revel \Rev"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reveledor 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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Revel \Re*vel"\, v. t. [L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck, pull.]

To draw back; to retract. [Obs.]

--Harvey.

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Reveal \Re*veal"\, n.

1. A revealing; a disclosure. [Obs.]

2. (Arch.) The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb. [Written also revel.]

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

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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. --Rambler.

Master of the revels, Revel master. Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)