Revel Definition
(obsolete) To draw back; to retract.
An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
(architecture) Alternative form of reveal.
Other Word Forms of Revel
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Origin of Revel
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Middle English revelen to carouse from Old French reveler to rebel, carouse from Latin rebellāre to rebel rebel
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry"), from Latin rebello (“to rebel")
From Wiktionary
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Latin revellere; re- + vellere (“to pluck, pull").
From Wiktionary
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