revelling

Verb (1)

revel (third-person singular simple present revels, present participle (US) reveling or (UK) revelling, simple past and past participle (US) reveled or (UK) revelled)

1. 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 his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live...1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany […], volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John...

   Synonyms:

   carouse, celebrate

2. 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 comfortable where we are.1997, The Art of Practicing, a Guide to Making Music from the Heart

Verb (2)

revel (third-person singular simple present revels, present participle revelling, simple past and past participle revelled)

1. (obsolete) To draw back; to retract.
   • It then revelleth and drawethe backe agayne those humors which concurre towardes the Eyes.1597, A. M., The Frenche chirurgerye, translation of original by Jacques Guilleameau

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