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1. (v.i.) revel
to take great pleasure or delight (usu. fol. by in):
to revel in luxury.
2. revel
to make merry; indulge in boisterous festivities.
3. (n.) revel
boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
4. revel
Often, revels. an occasion of merrymaking or noisy festivity.
Etymology: (1275–1325; (v.) ME < OF reveler to raise tumult, make merry < L rebellāre to rebel ; (n.) ME < OF, der. of reveler)
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| Definition of 'revel' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) revel, revelry
unrestrained merrymaking
2. (verb) delight, enjoy, revel
take delight in
"he delights in his granddaughter"
3. (verb) revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail
celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
"The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!"
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| Definition of 'revel' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) revel
see Reveal
2. (verb) revel
a feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal
3. (verb) revel
to feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry
4. (verb) revel
to move playfully; to indulge without restraint
5. (verb) revel
to draw back; to retract
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. revel
or Reval (52), capital of the government of Esthonia, in Russia, is a flourishing seaport on the S. side of the Gulf of Finland, 232 m. W. of St. Petersburg; has a castle, fortifications, cathedral, mediæval antiquities, &c.; chiefly engaged in commerce; exports largely oats and other cereals, spirits, flax, &c.
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Sense: (within) to take great delight in something
He revels in danger.
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 Afrikaans: geniet |
 Arabic: يَتَمَتَّع، يَسْتَلِذ |
 Bulgarian: наслаждавам се |
 Brazilian: deleitar-se |
 Czech: libovat si (v) |
 German: schwelgen |
 Danish: nyde |
 Greek: απολαμβάνω |
 Spanish: deleitarse |
 Estonian: nautima |
 Farsi: لذت بردن |
 Finnish: nauttia |
 French: se délecter (de) |
 Hebrew: לְיהֵנוֹת |
 Hindi: आमोद-प्रमोद करना |
 Croatian: uživati u |
 Hungarian: kedvét leli vmiben |
 Indonesian: menyukai |
 Icelandic: hafa nautn af |
 Italian: divertirsi |
 Japanese: 大いに楽しむ |
 Korean: 매우 기뻐하다 |
 Lithuanian: gėrėtis, mėgautis |
 Latvian: tīksmināties; []baudīt |
 Malay: menggilakan |
 Dutch: genieten van |
 Norwegian: fryde seg over, nyte i fu |
 Polish: upajać się |
 Persian: لذت بردن |
 Pashto: چړچې كول،چړچې وهل،دخوښۍنا |
 Portuguese: deleitar-se |
 Romanian: a se bucura de |
 Russian: наслаждаться |
 Slovak: mať záľubu v (čom) |
 Slovenian: uživati |
 Serbian: uživati |
 Swedish: njuta av, frossa i |
 Thai: สนุกสนาน |
 Turkish: çok hoşlanmak |
 Taiwanese: 酷愛 |
 Ukrainian: насолоджуватися |
 Urdu: رنگ رلیاں منانا |
 Vietnamese: thích thú |
 Chinese: 酷爱 |
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