/ˈɹɛv.əl/
OriginFrom Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”). Doublet of rebel.
- An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
“Our revels now are ended.”
“"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don'”
- A kind of dance.
- A wake for the dead.
- To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.
“If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with ”
“[…] so they might spend the livelong day as befitteth high holiday, in pleasure and action without care, and thereafter revel in the lofty presence chamber till night grew old with eating and drinking”
- To take delight (in something).
“Slowing down doesn't have to feel like holding back. It can be an opportunity to revel in sounds and sensations, to not be so concerned about where we are going but to enjoy the moment and become comf”
- obsoleteTo draw back; to retract.
“It then revelleth and drawethe backe agayne those humors which concurre towardes the Eyes.”
Formsrevels(plural) · revels(present, singular, third-person) · reveling(US, participle, present) · revelling(UK, participle, present) · reveled(US, participle, past) · reveled(US, past) · revelled(UK, participle, past) · revelled(UK, past) · revelling(participle, present) · revelled(participle, past) · revelled(past) · Revels(plural)