riot

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Rioted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rioting. ] [ OF. rioter; cf. OD. ravotten. ] 1. To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now he exact of all, wastes in delight,
Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To spend or pass in riot. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] had rioted his life out. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who riots; a reveler; a roisterer. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) One who engages in a riot. See Riot, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Excess; tumult; revelry. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His life he led in lawless riotise. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rioter. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. rioteux. ] 1. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious. [ 1913 Webster ]

The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; seditious. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Ri"ot*ous*ly, adv. -- Ri"ot*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]