REVEALMENT
Re*veal"ment, n.
Defn: Act of revealing. [R.]
REVEGETATE
Re*veg"e*tate, v. i.
Defn: To vegetate anew.
REVEILLE Re*veil"le, n. Etym: [F. réveil, fr. réveiller to awake; pref. re- re- + pref. es- (L. ex) + veiller to awake, watch, L. vigilare to watch. The English form was prob. taken by mistake from the French imper. réveillez,2d pers. pl. See Vigil.] (Mil.)
Defn: The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging. "Sound a reveille." Dryden. For at dawning to assail ye Here no bugles sound reveille. Sir W. Scott.
REVEL
Rev"el, n. (Arch.)
Defn: See Reveal. [R.]
REVEL
Rev"el, n. Etym: [OF. revel rebellion, disorder, feast, sport. See
Revel, v. i.]
Defn: 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.
Master of the revels, Revel master. Same as Lord of misrule, under
Lord.