Definition of Revelling

1. Verb. (present participle of revel) ¹

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Definition of Revelling

1. revel [v] - See also: revel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Revelling

revelational
revelationary
revelationist
revelations
revelator
revelators
revelatory
reveled
reveler
revelers
reveling
revelled
revellent
reveller
revellers
revelling (current term)
revelment
revelments
revelous
revelries
revelrous
revelry
revels
revenant
revenants
revendge
revendicate
revendicated
revendicates
revendicating

Literary usage of Revelling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"Also I delighted much in rioting, revelling, drinking, ston™ conver" ing, and what not, that tended to destroy the Hopeful's life swearing, lying, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"In Greece the juice of the grape was almost invariably mixed with water, but Rome wanted no dilution of its revelling. Wildly extravagant and prodigal in ..."

3. Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1893)
"REAPING LEADS TO revelling. ALTHOUGH I was under interdict for two months from my darling — "one for your sake, one for mine," she had whispered, ..."

4. Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1893)
"REAPING LEADS TO revelling. ALTHOUGH I was under interdict for two months from my darling — "one for your sake, one for mine," she had whispered, ..."

5. Bradford's History "of Plimoth Plantation.": From the Original Manuscript by William Bradford, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State (1899)
"If they made y* keeping of it mater of devotion, let them kepe their houses, but ther should be no game- ing or revelling in ye streets. ..."

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