2. To move playfully; to indulge without restraint. ``Where joy most revels.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Revel — may refer to: Places * communes in France: ** Revel, Haute Garonne ** Revel, Isère ** Revel Tourdan, in the Isère département * in Estonia: **Revel, Russian form of the German name for Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Officially used 1880 1917… … Wikipedia
Revel — steht für folgende französische Gebietskörperschaften: Revel (Haute Garonne), eine Stadt im Département Haute Garonne Kanton Revel, ein Kanton im Département Haute Garonne Revel (Isère), eine Gemeinde im Département Isère Revel Tourdan, eine… … Deutsch Wikipedia
revel in — ˈrevel ˌin [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they revel in he/she/it revels in present participle revelling in past tense … Useful english dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
revel — [rev′əl] vi. reveled or revelled, reveling or revelling [ME revelen < MFr reveler, to revel, lit., to rebel < L rebellare: see REBEL] 1. to make merry; be noisily festive 2. to take much pleasure; delight (in) [to revel in one s freedom] n … English World dictionary
Revel — C est dans l Aveyron que le nom est le plus répandu, mais on le trouve dans d autres régions. Quelle que soit son origine géographique, il désigne presque toujours celui qui est originaire d une localité appelée Revel (Haute Garonne, Isère… … Noms de famille
revel — (n.) c.1300, riotous merry making, from O.Fr. revel, from reveler be disorderly, make merry, from L. rebellare to rebel (see REBEL (Cf. rebel)). The verb meaning to feast in a noisy manner is first recorded early 14c. The meaning take great… … Etymology dictionary
revel in — (something) to get great pleasure from a situation or an activity. She usually got the jobs she wanted, and she reveled in them. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of revel (= to dance, drink, sing, and enjoy yourself in a noisy way) … New idioms dictionary
revel — [n] celebration, merrymaking bacchanal, carousal, carouse, debauch, festivity, frolic, gaiety, gala, high jinks*, jollification, jollity, merriment, party, reveling, revelment, saturnalia, skylarking*, spree, wassail, whoopee*; concepts 292,377… … New thesaurus
revel — ► VERB (revelled, revelling; US reveled, reveling) 1) engage in lively and noisy festivities. 2) (revel in) gain great pleasure from. ► NOUN (revels) ▪ li … English terms dictionary
Revel — Rev el, n. (Arch.) See {Reveal}. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
