revel

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 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Reveled r 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 ]

v. t. [ L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck, pull. ] To draw back; to retract. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. revelatus, p. p. of revelare to reveal. ] To reveal. [ Obs. ] Frith. Barnes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. révélation, L. revelatio. See Reveal. ] 1. The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is revealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Theol.) (a) The act of revealing divine truth. (b) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible. [ 1913 Webster ]

By revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words. Eph. iii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse or Book of Revelation or The Revelation of Saint John. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who makes a revelation; a revealer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also reveller. ] One who revels. “Moonshine revelers.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. revellens, p. pr. of revellere. See Revel, v. t. ] Causing revulsion; revulsive. -- n. (Med.) A revulsive medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]