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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.

Re⋅vel

  [rey-vuhl; Russ. rye-vyil]
–noun
former Russian name of Tallinn.

Tal⋅linn

  [tah-lin, tal-in]
–noun
a seaport in and the capital of Estonia, on the Gulf of Finland. 499,800.
Also, Tallin.
Formerly, Russian, Revel;
German, Reval.
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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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Revel

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

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.

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.

Revel

Re*vel"\, v. t. [L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck, pull.] To draw back; to retract. [Obs.] --Harvey.
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Language Translation for : revel
Spanish: deleitarse,
German: schwelgen,
Japanese: 大いに楽しむ
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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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