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Reveling

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rev⋅el

  [rev-uhl] verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to take great pleasure or delight (usually fol. by in): to revel in luxury.
2. to make merry; indulge in boisterous festivities.
–noun
3. boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
4. Often, revels. an occasion of merrymaking or noisy festivity with dancing, masking, etc.
Origin:
1275–1325; (v.) ME revelen < OF reveler to raise tumult, make merry < L rebellāre to rebel; (n.) ME < OF, deriv. of reveler

Related forms:
rev⋅el⋅er; especially British, rev⋅el⋅ler, noun
rev⋅el⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
2. celebrate, carouse, roister, caper.
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rev·el   (rěv'əl)   
intr.v.   rev·eled also rev·elled, rev·el·ing also rev·el·ling, rev·els also rev·els

  1. To take great pleasure or delight: She reveled in her unaccustomed leisure.

  2. To engage in uproarious festivities; make merry.

n.  A boisterous festivity or celebration; merrymaking. Often used in the plural.

[Middle English revelen, to carouse, from Old French reveler, to rebel, carouse, from Latin rebellāre, to rebel; see rebel.]
rev'el·er, rev'el·ler n.
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Word Origin & History

revel  (n.)
c.1300, "riotous merry-making," from O.Fr. revel, from reveler "be disorderly, make merry," from L. rebellare "to rebel" (see rebel). The verb meaning "to feast in a noisy manner" is first recorded c.1325. The meaning "take great pleasure in" first recorded 1754.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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