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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. unrestrained merrymaking;
[syn: revel, revelry]


VERB (2)

1. take delight in;
- Example: "he delights in his granddaughter"
[syn: delight, enjoy, revel]

2. celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities;
- Example: "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"
- Example: "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!"
[syn: revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Revel \Rev"el\, n. (Arch.) See Reveal. [R.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] This day in mirth and revel to dispend. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels. --Rambler. [1913 Webster] Master of the revels, Revel master. Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reveal \Re*veal"\, n. 1. A revealing; a disclosure. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. To move playfully; to indulge without restraint. "Where joy most revels." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Revel \Re*vel"\, v. t. [L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck, pull.] To draw back; to retract. [Obs.] --Harvey. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

revel n 1: unrestrained merrymaking [syn: revel, revelry] v 1: take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" [syn: delight, enjoy, revel] 2: celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!" [syn: revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail]