REV'EL, verb intransitive [Latin rabo, rabio, to rage, whence rabies, rabid.] 1. To feast with loose and clamorous merriment; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian. Antony, that revels long o'nights. 2. To move playfully or without regularity. REV'EL, noun A feast with loose and noisy jollity. Some men ruin the fabric of their bodies by incessant revels. REVEL', verb transitive [Latin revello; re and vello, to pull.] To draw back; to retract; to make a revulsion.
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