rev·el (rĕv'əl)
intr.v., -eled, also -elled, -el·ing, -el·ling, -els, -els.

1. To take great pleasure or delight: She reveled in her unaccustomed leisure.
2. To engage in uproarious festivities; make merry.

n.
A boisterous festivity or celebration; merrymaking. Often used in the plural.

[Middle English revelen, to carouse, from Old French reveler, to rebel, carouse, from Latin rebellāre, to rebel. See rebel.]

reveler rev'el·er or rev'el·ler n.

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