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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Revel

/rĕvʹ-əl/ · Rev·el · IPA /ˈɹɛv.əl/
01 n. See Reveal.
  1. 1.
    See Reveal.(Arch.) [R.] See: Reveal
02 n. A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.
  1. 1.
    A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.
    “This day in mirth and revel to dispend.” — Chaucer.
    “Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels.” — Rambler.
Phrases & compounds
Master of the revels — Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord.
03 v. i. To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
imp. & p. p. Reveled; p. pr. & vb. n. Reveling
  1. 1.
    To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
  2. 2.
    To move playfully; to indulge without restraint.
04 v. t. To draw back; to retract.
  1. 1.
    To draw back; to retract.[Obs.]